![]() 'Goodman's latest foray into immersive history is a revelation. '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 'A deeply researched and endlessly fascinating account of what it was like to live as a Tudor' Tracy Borman, author of Thomas Cromwell 'Ruth is the queen of living history, long may she reign! ' Lucy Worsley If you enjoyed the writing of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory, you will love discovering the true stories. 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.Įxploring 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. 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. 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! I have had the privilege, Goodman writes at one point in her new book, How to Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life, of enjoying an up. 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? ![]() TRAVEL BACK IN TIME WITH THE BBC'S RUTH GOODMAN ![]()
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