How to be a Victorian A Dawn-to-dusk Guide To Victorian Life

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Synopsis

TRAVEL BACK IN TIME WITH THE BBC'S RUTH GOODMANWe 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?Catch the omnibus to work and do the laundry in your corset? How to be a Victorian is a radical new approach to history; a journey back in time more personal than anything before, illuminating the overlapping worlds of health, sex, fashion, food, school, work and play.Surviving everyday life came down to the gritty details, the small necessities and tricks of living and this book will show you how.______________________'Goodman skilfully creates a portrait of daily Victorian life with accessible, compelling, and deeply sensory prose' Erin Entrada Kelly'We're lucky to have such a knowledgeable cicerone as Ruth Goodman . . . Revelatory' Alexandra Kimball'Goodman's research is impeccable . . . taking the reader through an average day and presenting the oddities of life without condescension' Patricia Hagen

Book details

Author:: Ruth Goodman
ISBN:: 9780241958346
Related ISBNs:: 9780241985236, 9780670921362
Publisher:: Penguin Books Ltd
Pages:: 400
Reading age:: Not specified
Includes images:: Yes
Date of addition:: 2024-04-02
Usage restrictions:: Copyright
Copyright by:: Ruth Goodman
Adult content:: Yes
Language:: English
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Social Studies