{"product_id":"9781529111088","title":"The Pulse Glass","description":"Author: Tindall, Gillian\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529111088\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 05 Nov 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA personal and global history in objects, Gillian Tindall traces the memories and meanings that accrue to the artefacts of human lives through time. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*As read on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'A genius for a certain kind of social history that, in shining a light on one small place, illuminates a huge amount' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA toy train. A stack of letters. A tiny pulse glass, inherited from her great-great-grandfather, which was used to time a patient's heartbeat before pocket watches... Gillian Tindall, one of our most admired domestic history writers, examines seemingly humble objects to trace the personal and global memories stored within them, and re-animate the ghostly heartbeats of lost lives.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Elegiac... Tindall reflects on a lifetime's interest in historical recovery' \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Tindall is a fine historian and writes with a wryness of everyday human foibles' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47322190053534,"sku":"UBD-9781529111088","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529111088.jpg?v=1780447662","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529111088","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}