{"product_id":"9780241958346","title":"9780241958346","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to be a Victorian - \u003c\/i\u003etravel back in time with the BBC's Ruth Goodman \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eStep into the skin of your ancestors . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe 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? Catch the omnibus to work and do the laundry in your corset? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurviving everyday life came down to the gritty details, the small necessities and tricks of living . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow To Be A Victorian \u003c\/i\u003eby Ruth Goodman is a radical new approach to history; a journey back in time more intimate, personal and physical than anything before. It is one told from the inside out - how our forebears interacted with the practicalities of their world - and it is a history of those things that make up the day-to-day reality of life, matters so small and seemingly mundane that people scarcely mention them in their diaries or letters. Moving through the rhythm of the day, from waking up to the sound of a knocker-upper man poking a stick at your window, to retiring for nocturnal activities, when the door finally closes on twenty four hours of life, this astonishing guide illuminates the overlapping worlds of health, sex, fashion, food, school, work and play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you liked \u003ci\u003eA Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003e1000 Years of Annoying the French\u003c\/i\u003e, you will love this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth Goodman is an independent scholar and historian, specialising in social and domestic history. She works with a wide range of museums and other academic institutions exploring the past of ordinary people and their activities. She has presented a number of BBC 2 television series, including Victorian Farm, Edwardian Farm and Wartime Farm. In each of these programs, she spent a year recreating life from a different period. As well as her involvement with the Farm series, Ruth makes frequent appearances on The One Show and Coast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073812545776,"sku":"9780241958346","price":11.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780241958346_p0.jpg?v=1763679676","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780241958346","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}