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Liza Picard

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January 01, 1927

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April 08, 2022

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Liza Picard was born in 1927. She read law at the London School of Economics and qualified as a barrister, but did not practise. She spent many years working in the office of the Solicitor of the Inland Revenue and lived in Gray’s Inn and Hackney, before retiring to live in Oxford.

Her legal training encouraged her to seek original evidence, rather than rely on other peoples' research. This she says ‘is always to be recommended. It’s hard work but can be fascinating.’ Restoration London, the result of many years' interest and research into London life, was her first book.
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Average rating: 4.02 · 4,497 ratings · 374 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870 4.03 avg rating — 1,441 ratings — published 2005 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London 3.97 avg rating — 1,038 ratings — published 2003 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dr. Johnson's London 4.04 avg rating — 783 ratings — published 2000 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Restoration London : Everyday Life in the 1660s 4.10 avg rating — 734 ratings — published 1997 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chaucer's People: Everyday Lives in Medieval England 3.95 avg rating — 494 ratings — published 2017 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of London (4 Volume Set): Elizabeth's London, Dr. Johnson's London, Restoration London and Victorian London 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	18世紀ロンドンの私生活 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life of London by Liza Picard, Judith Flanders (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I am not a properly trained historian. I am a lawyer by trade, and an inquisitive, practical woman by character.”
― Liza Picard

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“There was a tendency for men following the same trade to live near each other, so some wards drew their wealth from plutocratic residents, such as the goldsmiths or the mercers, while others were home to poor artisans such as the tallow chandlers.”
― Liza Picard, Chaucer's People: Everyday Lives in Medieval England

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“Bread was normally made commercially. The bakers had been organized into a company as early as 1155. Each baker had to have his own seal, impressed on every loaf he sold.”
― Liza Picard, Chaucer's People: Everyday Lives in Medieval England

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What book about the Tudors or Tudor England would you like for the group to read as our July 2016 Group Read?

Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen by Alison Weir

24 votes, 41.4%

The Girl in the Glass Tower by Elizabeth Fremantle

8 votes, 13.8%

Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London by Liza Picard

7 votes, 12.1%

The Concubine by Norah Lofts

6 votes, 10.3%

Martyr by Rory Clements

4 votes, 6.9%

The Semper Sonnet by Seth Margolis

4 votes, 6.9%

The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake: 1577-1580 by R. Samuel Bawlf

2 votes, 3.4%

Je Anne Boleyn: Struck with the Dart of Love by Sandra Vasoli

1 vote, 1.7%

John Dudley: The Life of Lady Jane Grey's Father-in-Law by Christine Hartweg

1 vote, 1.7%

The Witchfinder's Well by Jonathan Posner

1 vote, 1.7%

58 total votes

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