At Day'S Close Av Professor A. Roger Ekirch

<p>A fascinating and colourful social history of the nighttime.<br><br><b>''A wonderful revelation of a vanished age of darkness'' </b>SPECTATOR<br><br><b>''Fascinating''</b> SUNDAY TIMES<br><br><b>''A splendid book ... great entertainment''</b> Sir Patrick Moore<br><br><b>''A triumph of social history. Almost every page contains something to surprise the reader ... one of the most enjoyable literary experiences of the year''</b> MAIL ON SUNDAY<br><br>From blanket fairs to night kings, curfews to crime, <i>At Day''s Close </i>is an intriguing and captivating investigation into the night. Until now, this rich and complex universe in which we spend nearly half of our lives was a world long-lost to historians. <br><br>Here, Ekirch explores how the night was lived in the past, through travel accounts, memoirs, letters, folklore, poems, court records and coroner''s reports. More than this, it is a passionate argument in the case for less artificial light in an increasingly bright world.</p>