***** '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 'Goodman's latest foray into immersive history is a revelation. If you enjoyed the writing of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory, you will love discovering the true stories.
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. 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. Subscribe today and save up to 35 percent off the regular subscription rate.TRAVEL BACK IN TIME WITH THE BBC'S 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 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. Cate Hirschbiel, Iwasaki Lib., Emerson Coll., Boston This review was published in Library Journal' s Februissue. This book will be of special interest to fans of the miniseries Wolf Hall, in which the author served as a consultant. VERDICT Goodman describes lifestyles she’s lived herself that personal commentary is something readers will not find in other histories. Surprisingly, descriptions of food take up little space and are saved for the end. Later sections on washing and dressing are also particularly intriguing.
Chapters on men’s and women’s work explain in depth an everyman’s trade or two, and while cheese and beer making are perhaps appealing topics to modern readers, the detailed instructions on how to prepare a field for plowing are perhaps less so. Goodman leads readers through a typical day but manages to squeeze in quite a bit about children’s education and the theater despite these experiences being uncommon to all people in the period.
Instead of kings and queens, this book focuses on the lives of ordinary people, from those in gentlemen’s households to tenant farmers. HIST Goodman ( How To Be a Victorian) is well known to lovers of BBC series such as Tudor Monastery Farm. How To Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life.
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