{"product_id":"9781529111088-the-pulse-glass","title":"The Pulse Glass","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd the beat of other hearts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*As read on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A genius for a certain kind of social history that, in shining a light on one small place, illuminates a huge amount' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA toy train.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*As read on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A genius for a certain kind of social history that, in shining a light on one small place, illuminates a huge amount' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA toy train. A stack of letters. A tiny pulse glass, inherited from her great-great-grandfather, which was used to time a patient's 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 re-animate the ghostly heartbeats of lost lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Elegiac. Tindall reflects on a lifetime's interest in historical recovery' \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tindall is a fine historian and writes with a wryness of everyday human foibles' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944462823521,"sku":"9781529111088","price":14.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_34464322.jpg?v=1747908550","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529111088-the-pulse-glass","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}