How to be a Victorian - a time traveller's guide to Victorian Britain by the BBC's 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? Surviving everyday life came down to the gritty details, the small necessities and tricks of living.
Drawing on Ruth's unique first-hand experience, gained from living on a Victorian farm for a year, this book will teach you everything you need to know about 19th century living.
If you liked A Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England or If Walls Could Talk, you will love this book.
Author(s): Ruth Goodman
Publisher: Penguin Books UK
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 450
Preface
1. Getting Up
2. Getting Dressed
3. A Trip to the Privy
4. Personal Grooming
5. Morning Exercise
6. Breakfast
7. The Main Business of the Day
8. Back at the House
9. The Midday Meal
10. The Day’s Work Resumes
11. Meanwhile, for the Young, There was School
12. A Few Snatched Hours of Leisure
13. The Evening Meal
14. A Bath before Bed
15. Behind the Bedroom Door
Epilogue
Plate Section
Acknowledgements
