The Dangers of Dress Past and Present
by Alison Matthews David
Recommended by Tom Holland
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Fashion, Art, and History.
From insidious murder weapons to blazeigniting crinolines, clothing has been the cause of death, disease and madness throughout history, by accident and design. Clothing is designed to protect, shield and comfort us, yet lurking amongst seemingly innocuous garments we find hats laced with mercury, frocks laden with arsenic and literally 'dropdead...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Fashion, Art, and History.
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Tom Holland
“Fashion Victims, @AMatthewsdavid's book which inspired this episode, is a fantastic read & wonderfully illustrated to boot. I've been wanting to do it on @TheRestHistory ever since we began the podcast. Can't recommend it enough.”
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“Accidental Presidents offers eight narrative portraits of men who succeeded to the U.S. presidency without election, using anecdote-rich scenes and readable context to show how personality and circumstance interact with office power. It’s strongest as a set of self-contained stories that make succession stakes concrete for non-specialist readers; it does not prioritize dense archival argument or exhaustive methodology, so expect some interpretive generalizations and repeated themes across cases. Use it for fast historical orientation rather than scholarly deep-dives.”
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