by Ruth Goodman
Interesting and informative, but not as good as Goodman's Tudor book. I'm not sure why, exactly. It may be because this was written first or because I've read more about the Victorian era so less was new. Goodman mostly sticks to the facts, but she relates some of her personal experience too. Don'...
How to be a Victorian, like Ruth Goodman's How to be a Tudor, which I read in January, is a fine study of a foreign country - in this case the Britain of roughly 150 years ago. It is filled with strange, often horrifying or amusing details. For example, that genteel ladies might want to take exerc...
Excellent look at victorian life from rising in the morning to going to bed with a lot of citations.
Fascinated by the Victorian era for many years now, I gobbled up piece by piece of this book. Ruth Goodman makes everything fun and interesting as she herself is not only a historian but reenacts things she has read and research herself from corset wearing, farming and everyday life of, in this case...
Fascinated by the Victorian era for many years now, I gobbled up piece by piece of this book. Ruth Goodman makes everything fun and interesting as she herself is not only a historian but reenacts things she has read and research herself from corset wearing, farming and everyday life of, in this case...
On the first work day of every month, I run a report to find all the new books, videos, and CDs that were added to my library's collection during the previous month. My perk for doing this is that I get first crack (usually) at the books I find interesting. Sometimes I just tweet about the standouts...
For such a weighty tome, Ruth Goodman's How To Be a Victorian is quite entertaining. Goodman takes her research and personal experience (from working on BBC productions such as "Victorian House") and brings the information to light for the everyday reader.The book covers subjects ranging from leisur...
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