The Pulse Glass by Gillian Tindall

As read on BBC Radio 4s Book of the Week A genius for a certain kind of social history that in shining a light on one small place illuminates a huge amount Sunday Telegraph A toy train. A stack of letters. A tiny pulse glass inherited from her greatgreatgrandfather which was used to time a patients 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 Paperback softback