How to be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Everyday Life
Autor Ruth Goodmanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 iul 2016
We know all about the dramas that played out in the Tudor court - most notably those of Henry VIII - but what was lifereallylike for a commoner like you or me?
To answer this question, the renowned "method historian" Ruth Goodman has slept, washed and cooked as the Tudors did - so you don't have to!
She is your expert guide to this fascinating era, drawing on years of practical historical study to show how our ancestors coped with everyday life. Using a vast range of sources, she takes you back to when soot was used as toothpaste and the "upper crust" was served to the wealthier members of the house.
Exploring how the Tudors learnt, danced and even stood according to the latest fashion, she reveals what it all felt, smelt and tasted like, from morning until night.
If you enjoyed the writing of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory, you will love discovering the true stories.
*****
'Ruth isthe queen of living history, long may she reign!'Lucy Worsley
'A deeply researched and endlessly fascinating accountof what it was like to live as a Tudor' Tracy Borman, author ofThomas Cromwell
'Always entertaining, and her narrative is often lifted by the fact that she has taken the trouble to experience many of the alien aspects of Tudor life'Observer
'Goodman's latest foray intoimmersive history is a revelation. . . It'sthe next best thing to being there' Sarah Ferguson,New York Times Book Review
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241973714
ISBN-10: 0241973716
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241973716
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
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
ofHow
to
be
a
Victorian,
and
has
co-authored
three
other
books,
including
the
Number
One
BestsellerVictorian
Farm.
Recenzii
Most
historians
simply
research
the
past;
she
lives
it
...
she's
experienced
almost
every
activity
she
describes.This
book
is
packed
with
delicious
kernels
of
knowledge...
all
served
up
by
the
most
delightfully
eccentric
author
I've
ever
encountered.Seldom
have
I
had
so
much
fun
reading
history.
Seldom
have
I
learnt
so
much.
Always entertaining, and her narrative is often lifted by the fact that she has taken the trouble to experience many of the alien aspects of Tudor life ... This imbues the book witha palpable sense of the texture of our ancestors' day-to-day lives
Riveting. This is a real "people's history"that takes us straight into the sensate feelings of ordinary life -- the feel, touch, smells, and labour of people living five centuries ago,giving an earthy reality to our enduring fascination with the Tudors
A deeply researched and endlessly fascinating accountof what it was like to live as a Tudor. The narrative is rich in period detail and based upon a thorough review of the contemporary sources, butwhat makes it unique is the fact that Goodman has put it all into practice -sleeping, eating, washing and dressing like a Tudor. As a result,How To Be a Tudoris one of very few books whichcan justifiably claim to bring every aspect of this enduringly popular period dazzlingly to life.
Ruth is thequeen of living history, long may she reign!
Fascinating immersive history
Leisure activities like dancing, gambling, and trips to the bear-baiting arena arebrought to life by imaginative readings of primary sources... Common wisdom on everything from the healthiest sleeping position (on the right) to how to conceive a male child (by tying a ribbon around the left testicle) rounds out thisengaging, erudite guide
Goodman's latest foray into immersive history is a revelation ... It's the next best thing to being there
Her enthusiasm isexhilarating and contagious; her writing isclear and clean, sharply observantof tactile details and what they reveal about 16th-century life
Engagingly written and awash in the practicalities of life in the age, it presents a vivid, fascinating era of British history and reminds us that we're never as far from the past as we like to think
Immersive, engrossing
Written with such passion. . . will fascinate and inform anyone who is interested in Victorian ways of life
If we ever have a female Doctor Who, I shall forward Ruth Goodman's name for consideration, not least because the historian has already done so much time travelling
Wonderful, informative, startling. . . Goodman's unique selling proposition as a historian is thatshe walks the walk of her time period, even when that walk involves hard labor in a corset and a hoop skirt
Must-read!
Goodman's passion for her subject... comes across loud and clear
Always entertaining, and her narrative is often lifted by the fact that she has taken the trouble to experience many of the alien aspects of Tudor life ... This imbues the book witha palpable sense of the texture of our ancestors' day-to-day lives
Riveting. This is a real "people's history"that takes us straight into the sensate feelings of ordinary life -- the feel, touch, smells, and labour of people living five centuries ago,giving an earthy reality to our enduring fascination with the Tudors
A deeply researched and endlessly fascinating accountof what it was like to live as a Tudor. The narrative is rich in period detail and based upon a thorough review of the contemporary sources, butwhat makes it unique is the fact that Goodman has put it all into practice -sleeping, eating, washing and dressing like a Tudor. As a result,How To Be a Tudoris one of very few books whichcan justifiably claim to bring every aspect of this enduringly popular period dazzlingly to life.
Ruth is thequeen of living history, long may she reign!
Fascinating immersive history
Leisure activities like dancing, gambling, and trips to the bear-baiting arena arebrought to life by imaginative readings of primary sources... Common wisdom on everything from the healthiest sleeping position (on the right) to how to conceive a male child (by tying a ribbon around the left testicle) rounds out thisengaging, erudite guide
Goodman's latest foray into immersive history is a revelation ... It's the next best thing to being there
Her enthusiasm isexhilarating and contagious; her writing isclear and clean, sharply observantof tactile details and what they reveal about 16th-century life
Engagingly written and awash in the practicalities of life in the age, it presents a vivid, fascinating era of British history and reminds us that we're never as far from the past as we like to think
Immersive, engrossing
Written with such passion. . . will fascinate and inform anyone who is interested in Victorian ways of life
If we ever have a female Doctor Who, I shall forward Ruth Goodman's name for consideration, not least because the historian has already done so much time travelling
Wonderful, informative, startling. . . Goodman's unique selling proposition as a historian is thatshe walks the walk of her time period, even when that walk involves hard labor in a corset and a hoop skirt
Must-read!
Goodman's passion for her subject... comes across loud and clear