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The Pulse Glass: And the beat of other hearts
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A personal and global history in objects, Gillian Tindall traces the memories and meanings that accrue to the artefacts of human lives through time.
Before ordinary doctors had access to accurate pocket watches, they timed a patient's pulse with a 30-second sandglass. A `pulse glass' was a functional piece of medical equipment, designed to measure a life, never intended to ...more
Before ordinary doctors had access to accurate pocket watches, they timed a patient's pulse with a 30-second sandglass. A `pulse glass' was a functional piece of medical equipment, designed to measure a life, never intended to ...more
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Ik las in "The Guardian" over dit boek en ik wist dat ik dit moest lezen.
Het is een boek waarin de schrijfster aan de hand van voorwerpen of aan de hand van plaatsen nadenkt over de betekenis van deze objecten in het verleden en hoe die betekenis geëvolueerd is in de tijd, doordat bepaalde connotaties verdwijnen of veranderen of doordat dingen geen directe betekenis meer hebben etc. Die dingen kunnen allerhande zijn; brieven, foto's, gebruiksvoorwerpen... - hieraan koppelt de schrijfster haar h ...more
Het is een boek waarin de schrijfster aan de hand van voorwerpen of aan de hand van plaatsen nadenkt over de betekenis van deze objecten in het verleden en hoe die betekenis geëvolueerd is in de tijd, doordat bepaalde connotaties verdwijnen of veranderen of doordat dingen geen directe betekenis meer hebben etc. Die dingen kunnen allerhande zijn; brieven, foto's, gebruiksvoorwerpen... - hieraan koppelt de schrijfster haar h ...more
A typically moving and meticulous social history from Gillian Tindall. Fascinating throughout ...
An interesting set of vignettes of items that evoke memories in the author.
Another lovely wander through the details of history.
Very interesting ,objects that survive when we are gone and what they can tell us of lives gone and forgotten....only heard the abridged version on the radio, but would like to read the book and more of this author....this is history to me ,not wars and parliament .
So hard to rate because it contained some really interesting stories and details, but I vehemently disagreed with the author in places! Read my full review: https://t.co/YI3Jsh6STQ
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Gillian Tindall began her career as a prize-winning novelist. She has continued to publish fiction but has also staked out an impressive territory in idiosyncratic non-fiction that is brilliantly evocative of place.
Her The Fields Beneath: The History of One London Village which first appeared thirty years ago, has rarely been out of print; nor has Celestine: Voices from a French Village, published ...more
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