Pulling back the covers on the fascinating, yet often forgotten,
history of the bed "If you thought that your bed was only good for
sleeping in, having sex in, or dying in, then this book will
disabuse you-in fact, it's so entertaining, it will keep you awake
long into the night."-Paul Chrystal, author of In Bed with the
Ancient Greeks and In Bed with the Romans Louis XIV ruled France
from his bedchamber. Winston Churchill governed Britain from his
during World War II. Travelers routinely used to bed down with
complete strangers, and whole families shared beds in many
preindustrial households. Beds were expensive items-and often for
show. Tutankhamun was buried on a golden bed, wealthy Greeks were
sent to the afterlife on dining beds, and deceased middle-class
Victorians were propped up on a bed in the parlor. In this sweeping
social history that covers the past seventy thousand years, Brian
Fagan and Nadia Durrani look at the endlessly varied role of the
bed through time. This was a place for sex, death, childbirth,
storytelling, and sociability as well as sleeping. But who did what
with whom, why, and how could vary incredibly depending on the time
and place. It is only in the modern era that the bed has
transformed into a private, hidden zone, and its rich social
history has largely been forgotten.
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