‘Ruth is the queen of living history, long may she reign!’ Lucy Worsley. What did Tudor life actually feel, smell and taste like for ordinary men and women? Not the court dramas of Henry VIII, but the texture of daily existence from dawn until dark? Renowned “method historian” Ruth Goodman has slept, washed and cooked as the Tudors did — so you don’t have to. Drawing on years of practical historical research and a vast range of original sources, she guides you through an era when soot served as toothpaste and the phrase “upper crust” described which slice of bread was reserved for the wealthier diners at the table. She explores how Tudors learnt, danced and even stood according to fashion, bringing a now-vanished world vividly to life. ‘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 . . . It’s the next best thing to being there’ Sarah Ferguson, New York Times Book Review. Fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory will find this essential reading.
ISBN 13: 9780241973714
Author: Ruth Goodman
