How to be a Tudor : A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Everyday Life
4.03 (3,427 ratings by Goodreads)
Paperback English
By (author) Ruth Goodman


Categories: British & Irish History Early Modern History: C 1450/1500 To C 1700 Social & Cultural History


Description
TRAVEL BACK IN TIME WITH THE BBCS RUTH GOODMAN

We know all about the dramas that played out in the Tudor court - most notably those of Henry VIII - but what was life really like 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 dont 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 is the queen of living history, long may she reign! Lucy Worsley

A deeply researched and endlessly fascinating account of what it was like to live as a Tudor Tracy Borman, author of Thomas 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

Goodmans latest foray into immersive history is a revelation . . . Its the next best thing to being there Sarah Ferguson, New York Times Book Review


Product details

Format Paperback | 352 pages
Dimensions 129 x 198 x 22mm | 268g
Publication date 07 Jul 2016
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
Language English
ISBN13 9780241973714
Bestsellers rank 17,165