![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Subscribe today and save up to 35 percent off the regular subscription rate. 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. There is a little something in here for any DIY geek. It is not an all-encompassing encyclopedia, but rather a personal tour through what I suspect are Goodman’s favorite parts of Tudor life. VERDICT Goodman describes lifestyles she’s lived herself that personal commentary is something readers will not find in other histories. How to be a Tudor is a book written by a re-enactor about the nuts and bolts of everyday life for Tudor-period people. 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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