How to Skin a Lion by Claire Cock-Starkey
Have you ever wondered how to pan for gold, train a falcon or make a love potion? Could you restore a drowned person, smoke your own bacon or correctly address a Maharajah? If not, fear not - you will find the answer in this book. How to Skin a Lion is a fascinating collection of miscellaneous historical advice, gathered from the magnificent archives of the British Library. Drawing on medieval manuscripts, Victorian manuals and self-help guides of the early twentieth century, the book uncovers an extraordinary range of guidance from etiquette to apiculture, medicine to mechanics. How to Skin a Lion offers an intriguing insight into a past with no modern conveniences, where navigating the social scene was fraught with perils and Google did not hold the answer to everything.
Claire Cock-Starkey was series editor for all seven editions of Schott's Almanac. Her most recent book, The Georgian Art of Gambling, was published by the British Library in 2013.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780712357821 |
| ISBN 10 | 0712357823 |
| Title | How to Skin a Lion |
| Author | Claire Cock-Starkey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | British Library Publishing |
| Year published | 2015-05-14 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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