At Day's Close: A History of Nighttime
- ISBN-10
- 147462491X
- ISBN-13
- 9781474624916
- Pages
- 480
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-04-07
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Author
- A. Roger Ekirch
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