{"product_id":"time-s-witness","title":"Time's Witness","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-information\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBook information\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMain subject:\u003c\/strong\u003e European history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre \/ subject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Social and cultural history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rosemary Hill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAudience:\u003c\/strong\u003e Adults\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the book\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTime's Witness\u003c\/strong\u003e by Rosemary Hill is a history book for adult readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA brilliant exploration of how our understanding of the past was transformed between the French Revolution and the Great Exhibition by a band of long-forgotten antiquaries Between the fall of the Bastille in 1789 and the opening of the Great Exhibition in 1851, history changed. The grand narratives of the Enlightenment, concerned with kings and statesmen, gave way to a new interest in the lives of ordinary people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOral history, costume history, the history of food and furniture, of Gothic architecture, theatre and much else were explored as never before. Antiquarianism, the study of the material remains of the past, was not new, but now hundreds of men - and some women - became antiquaries and set about rediscovering their national history, in Britain, France and Germany. The Romantic age valued facts, but it also valued imagination and it brought both to the study of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDelivery \u0026amp; pickup:\u003c\/strong\u003e Available from Whimsy and Wonder with New Zealand delivery or Christchurch pickup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43891393691684,"sku":"B9780141047096","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/2253\/5460\/files\/penguin-random-house-time-s-witness-book.jpg?v=1785753147","url":"https:\/\/whimsyandwonder.co.nz\/products\/time-s-witness","provider":"Whimsy \u0026 Wonder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}