A History of Private Life: Omnibus
Omninus edition of Prof Amanda Vickery's series revealing the hidden history of home over 400 years
A History of Private Life: Omnibus - Episode 1
Omnibus edition of Prof Amanda Vickery's series revealing the hidden history of home over 400 years. The search for privacy, safety and comfort in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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A History of Private Life: Omnibus - Episode 2
Omnibus edition of Prof Amanda Vickery's series revealing the hidden history of home. What letters and diaries reveal about running the home in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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A History of Private Life: Omnibus - Episode 3
Omnibus edition of Prof Amanda Vickery's series revealing the hidden history of home. How the home was opened up in the 18th century, as visiting began.
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A History of Private Life: Omnibus - Episode 4
Omnibus edition of Prof Amanda Vickery's series revealing the hidden history of home. What life was like for those who had no family or home of their own.
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A History of Private Life: Omnibus - Episode 5
Prof Vickery explores the 18th-century invention of taste and the role of interior decor in creating both social prestige and a successful marriage.
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A History of Private Life: Omnibus - Episode 6
Homes were exposed to huge forces of change in the 19th and 20th centuries. Prof Vickery explores how they remained idealised havens in a heartless, dirty world.
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