How to be a Victorian
How to be a Victorian
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We know what life was like for Victoria and Albert. But what was it like for a commoner like you or me? How did it feel to cook with coal and wash with tea leaves? Drink beer for breakfast and clean your teeth with cuttlefish? Dress in whalebone and feed opium to the baby? This book helps you teach what you need to know about 19th century living.
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How to be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman
We know what life was like for Victoria and Albert. But what was it like for a commoner like you or me? How did it feel to cook with coal and wash with tea leaves? Drink beer for breakfast and clean your teeth with cuttlefish? Dress in whalebone and feed opium to the baby? This book helps you teach what you need to know about 19th century living.
Written with such passion that one cannot help but be carried along. . Will fascinate and inform anyone who is in any way interested in Victorian ways of life -- Dr Ian Mortimer, author of 'The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England'
A delightful read . . . allows us to see how the Victorians lived from day to day. A triumph -- Judith Flanders, author of 'The Victorian City'
Shocking, exciting, wonderful -- Clive Anderson * BBC Radio 4 *
Written with such passion that one cannot help but be carried along . . . Will fascinate and inform anyone who is in any way interested in Victorian ways of life -- Dr Ian Mortimer, author of The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England
A delightful read . . . allows us to see how the Victorians lived from day to day. A triumph -- Judith Flanders, author of The Victorian City
Shocking, exciting, wonderful -- Clive Anderson * BBC Radio 4 *
I absolutely love this book. Exuberant, absorbing ... there's scarcely a detail of Victorian life Ruth has not tried -- A N Wilson * Mail on Sunday *
Ruth - a woman who possesses so much elbow grease that she could probably can the overflow to sell on the side * Independent *
Goodman's enthusiasm for history is as palpable as her contempt for misty-eyed interpretations of it * Telegraph *
Beetonian, compendious * Guardian *
Highly readable, often amusing and sometimes shocking, this is popular history at its best * BBC Who Do You Think You Are magazine *
A delightful read . . . allows us to see how the Victorians lived from day to day. A triumph -- Judith Flanders, author of 'The Victorian City'
Shocking, exciting, wonderful -- Clive Anderson * BBC Radio 4 *
Written with such passion that one cannot help but be carried along . . . Will fascinate and inform anyone who is in any way interested in Victorian ways of life -- Dr Ian Mortimer, author of The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England
A delightful read . . . allows us to see how the Victorians lived from day to day. A triumph -- Judith Flanders, author of The Victorian City
Shocking, exciting, wonderful -- Clive Anderson * BBC Radio 4 *
I absolutely love this book. Exuberant, absorbing ... there's scarcely a detail of Victorian life Ruth has not tried -- A N Wilson * Mail on Sunday *
Ruth - a woman who possesses so much elbow grease that she could probably can the overflow to sell on the side * Independent *
Goodman's enthusiasm for history is as palpable as her contempt for misty-eyed interpretations of it * Telegraph *
Beetonian, compendious * Guardian *
Highly readable, often amusing and sometimes shocking, this is popular history at its best * BBC Who Do You Think You Are magazine *
Ruth Goodman is a historian who specializes in the everyday life of the past. She has written and presented numerous acclaimed BBC television series and is a regular presenter on the One Show. She is the author of How to be a Victorian, and has co-authored three other books, including the Number One Bestseller Victorian Farm.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780670921362 |
| ISBN 10 | 067092136X |
| Title | How to be a Victorian |
| Author | Ruth Goodman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-03-06 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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