{"product_id":"how-to-be-a-tudor-9780241973714","title":"How to be a Tudor","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTRAVEL BACK IN TIME WITH THE BBC''S RUTH GOODMAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe know all about the dramas that played out in the Tudor court - most notably those of Henry VIII - but what was life \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e like for a commoner like you or me?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo answer this question, the renowned method historian Ruth Goodman has slept, washed and cooked as the Tudors did - so you don''t have to!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you enjoyed the writing of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory, you will love discovering the true stories.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*****\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003c\/b\u003eRuth is\u003cb\u003e the queen of living history\u003c\/b\u003e, long may she reign!\u003cb\u003e'' \u003c\/b\u003eLucy Worsley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A deeply researched and endlessly fascinating account \u003c\/b\u003eof what it was like to live as a Tudor'' Tracy Borman, author of \u003ci\u003eThomas Cromwell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Always entertaining\u003c\/b\u003e, 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'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Goodman''s latest foray into\u003cb\u003e immersive history is a revelation \u003c\/b\u003e. . . It''s\u003cb\u003e the next best thing to being there\u003c\/b\u003e'' Sarah Ferguson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost historians simply research the past; she lives it ... she's experienced almost every activity she describes. \u003cb\u003eThis book is packed with delicious kernels of knowledge\u003c\/b\u003e ... all served up by the most delightfully eccentric author I've ever encountered. \u003cb\u003eSeldom have I had so much fun reading history. Seldom have I learnt so much.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Gerard DeGroot * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlways entertaining\u003c\/b\u003e, 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 ... This imbues the book with \u003cb\u003ea palpable sense of the texture of our ancestors' day-to-day lives\u003c\/b\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRiveting. This is a real \"people's history\"\u003c\/b\u003e that takes us straight into the sensate feelings of ordinary life -- the feel, touch, smells, and labour of people living five centuries ago, \u003cb\u003egiving an earthy reality to our enduring fascination with the Tudors\u003c\/b\u003e -- Juliet Gardiner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deeply researched and endlessly fascinating account \u003c\/b\u003eof what it was like to live as a Tudor.  The narrative is rich in period detail and based upon a thorough review of the contemporary sources, but \u003cb\u003ewhat makes it unique is the fact that Goodman has put it all into practice -\u003c\/b\u003e sleeping, eating, washing and dressing like a Tudor.  As a result, \u003ci\u003eHow To Be a Tudor\u003c\/i\u003e is one of very few books which \u003cb\u003ecan justifiably claim to bring every aspect of this enduringly popular period dazzlingly to life.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Tracy Borman, author of 'Thomas Cromwell: The untold story of Henry VIII’s most faithful servant'\u003cbr\u003eRuth is the \u003cb\u003equeen of living history\u003c\/b\u003e, long may she reign! -- Lucy Worsley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFascinating immersive history\u003c\/b\u003e * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eLeisure activities like dancing, gambling, and trips to the bear-baiting arena are \u003cb\u003ebrought to life by imaginative readings of primary sources\u003c\/b\u003e... Common wisdom on everything from the healthiest sleeping position (on the right) to how to conceive a male child (by tying a ribbon around the left testicle) rounds out this \u003cb\u003eengaging, erudite guide\u003c\/b\u003e * New Yorker *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGoodman's latest foray into immersive history is a revelation ... It's the next best thing to being there\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sarah Ferguson * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eHer enthusiasm is \u003cb\u003eexhilarating and contagious\u003c\/b\u003e; her writing is \u003cb\u003eclear and clean, sharply observant\u003c\/b\u003e of tactile details and what they reveal about 16th-century life * Boston Globe *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEngagingly written and awash in the practicalities of life in the age\u003c\/b\u003e, it presents a vivid, fascinating era of British history and reminds us that we're never as far from the past as we like to think -- Genevieve Valentine * NPR *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eImmersive, engrossing\u003c\/b\u003e -- Laura Miller * Slate *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten with such passion\u003c\/b\u003e . . . will fascinate and inform anyone who is interested in Victorian ways of life -- Dr Ian Mortimer, author of 'The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England' on 'How to Be a Victorian'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf we ever have a female Doctor Who, I shall forward Ruth Goodman's name for consideration\u003c\/b\u003e, not least because the historian has already done so much time travelling * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWonderful, informative, startling\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Goodman's unique selling proposition as a historian is that \u003cb\u003eshe walks the walk of her time period\u003c\/b\u003e, even when that walk involves hard labor in a corset and a hoop skirt * New York Times (on 'How to be a Victorian') *\u003cbr\u003eMust-read! * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eGoodman's passion for her subject... comes across loud and clear * Yorkshire Post *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733414064471,"sku":"9780241973714","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241973714.jpg?v=1720000017","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-to-be-a-tudor-9780241973714","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}