Descripción
On the heels of her triumphant How to Be a Victorian, Ruth Goodman travels even further back in English history to the era closest to her heart, the dramatic period from the crowning of Henry VII to the death of Elizabeth I. A celebrated master of British social and domestic history, Ruth Goodman draws on her own adventures living in re-created Tudor conditions to serve as our intrepid guide to sixteenth-century living. Proceeding from daybreak to bedtime, this "immersive, engrossing" (Slate) work pays tribute to the lives of those who labored through the era. From using soot from candle wax as toothpaste to malting grain for homemade ale, from the gruesome sport of bear-baiting to cuckolding and cross-dressing--the madcap habits and revealing intimacies of life in the time of Shakespeare are vividly rendered for the insatiably curious.
Author: Ruth Goodman
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published: 01/17/2017
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781631492532
ISBN10: 1631492535
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | Great Britain | Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603)
- History | Social History
- History | Modern | 16th Century
About the Author
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.