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“ruth goodman”

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  • How To Be a Tudor

    A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life

    by Ruth Goodman ...
    Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPRA New York Times Book Review Editors Choice SelectionAn erudite romp through the intimate details of life in Tudor England, "Goodman's latest…is a revelation" (New York Times Book Review).On the heels of her triumphant How to Be a Victorian, Ruth Goodman travels even further back in English history to the era closest to her heart, the dramatic period ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Wartime Farm

    by Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman, Alexander Langlands ...
    During World War Two Britain had to look to the land to provide the produce it had previously shipped in from abroad, meaning huge changes on both the agricultural and domestic scenes. Accompanying an 8-part BBC series and written by the three presenters who spend a year living on a reconstructed farm from the era, Wartime Farm sets these changes within a historical context and looks at the day-to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • How to Be a Victorian

    A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life

    by Ruth Goodman ...
    Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPRA “revelatory” (Wall Street Journal) romp through the intimate details of Victorian life, by an historian who has cheerfully endured them all.Lauded by critics, How to Be a Victorian is an enchanting manual for the insatiably curious, the “the cheapest time-travel machine you’ll find” (NPR). Readers have fallen in love with Ruth Goodman, an historian ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • The Domestic Revolution

    How the Introduction of Coal into Victorian Homes Changed Everything

    by Ruth Goodman ...
    “Our domestic Sherlock brims with excitement” (Roger Lowenstein, Wall Street Journal) in this erudite romp through the smoke-stained, coal-fired houses of Victorian England.“The queen of living history” (Lucy Worsley) dazzles anglophiles and history lovers alike with this immersive account of how English women sparked a worldwide revolution—from their own kitchens. Wielding the same wit and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Full Steam Ahead

    How the Railways Made Britain

    by Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman ...
    The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life – from trade and transportation to health and recreation.Full Steam Ahead reveals how the world we live in today is entirely shaped by the rail network, charting the glorious evolution of rail transportation and how it left its mark on every aspect of life, landscape and culture. Peter ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England

    A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, and Braggarts

    by Ruth Goodman ...
    Offensive language, insolent behavior, slights, brawls, and scandals come alive in Ruth Goodman’s uproarious history for mischievous Anglophiles.With this “impeccable” (BBC History) chronicle, acclaimed popular historian Ruth Goodman reveals a Renaissance Britain particularly rank with troublemakers. From snooty needlers who took aim with a cutting “thee,” to lowbrow drunkards with revolting table ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Tudor Monastery Farm

    Life in rural England 500 years ago

    by Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman ...
    Ruth Goodman and Peter Ginn have become familiar faces on BBC2 after their hugely popular and immersive time-travelling experiments, Victorian, Edwardian and Wartime Farm. But for their fourth series, and our accompanying book, they have joined forces with Tom Pinfold to take on their biggest challenge yet: going back to Tudor England to endure the harsh realities of working for an Abbey Farm ... Read more

    $22.39 USD

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    How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England

    A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, and Braggarts

    by Ruth Goodman ...
    Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 57 min

    Every age and social strata has its bad eggs, rule-breakers, and nose-thumbers. As acclaimed popular historian and author of How to Be a Victorian Ruth Goodman shows in her madcap chronicle, Elizabethan England was particularly rank with troublemakers, from snooty needlers who took aim with a cutting "thee," to lowbrow drunkards with revolting table manners. Goodman draws on advice manuals, court ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    The Domestic Revolution

    How the Introduction of Coal into Victorian Homes Changed Everything

    by Ruth Goodman ...
    Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 17 min

    "The queen of living history" (Lucy Worsley) returns with an immersive account of how English women sparked a worldwide revolution—from their own kitchens.No single invention epitomizes the Victorian era more than the black cast-iron range. Aware that the twenty-first-century has reduced it to a quaint relic, Ruth Goodman was determined to prove that the hot coal stove provided so much more than ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Full Steam Ahead

    How the Railways Made Britain

    by Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman ...
    Narrated by Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 50 min

    The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life – from trade and transportation to health and recreation.Full Steam Ahead reveals how the world we live in today is entirely shaped by the rail network, charting the glorious evolution of rail transportation and how it left its mark on every aspect of life, landscape and culture. Peter ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    How to Be a Tudor

    A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life

    by Ruth Goodman ...
    Narrated by Heather Wilds ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 22 min

    From an historian who advised on the BBC's Wolf Hall, an erudite romp through the intimate details of life in Tudor England. ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Age of Caesar

    Five Roman Lives

    by Plutarch ...
    Narrated by Michael Page ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 44 min

    Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, Antony: the names still resonate across thousands of years. Major figures in the civil wars that brutally ended the Roman republic, their lives pose a question that haunts us still: how to safeguard a republic from the flaws of its leaders.This edition of Plutarch delivers a fresh translation of notable clarity, explanatory notes, and ample historical context. ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook