Ruth Goodman believes in getting her hands dirty. Drawing on her own adventures living in re-created Victorian conditions, Goodman serves as our bustling and fanciful guide to nineteenth-century life. Proceeding from daybreak to bedtime, this charming, illustrative work celebrates the ordinary lives of the most perennially fascinating era of British history. From waking up to the rapping of a kcker-upper man on the window pane to lacing into a corset after a round of calisthenics, from slipping opium to the little ones to finally retiring to the bedroom for the ideal combination of love, consideration, control and pleasure, the weird, wonderful, and somewhat gruesome intricacies of Victorian life are vividly rendered here. How to Be a Victorian is an enchanting manual for the insatiably curious.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Ww Norton & Co, Liveright Publishing Corporation
ISBN-10
0871404850
ISBN-13
9780871404855
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208691571
Product Key Features
Author
Ruth Goodman
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
History: Specific Subjects
Type
Textbook
Additional Product Features
Content Note
131 Illustrations, 8 Pages of Color
Author Biography
Ruth Goodman is the author of How to Be a Victorian. An historian of British social and domestic life, she has presented a number of BBC television series, including Tudor Monastery Farm. She served as a historical advisor on the BBC's miniseries Wolf Hall. She lives in England.