Lady Fanshawe's Receipt Book

Informationen zum Autor Lucy Moore is an author and broadcaster whose work includes the bestselling Maharanis: The Lives & Times of Three Generations of Indian Princesses . She has written for the Sunday Times , Observer , Vogue , and Harpers Bazaar , and has presented series for the BBC and Sky. Klappentext This revealing account of one woman's experiences across the turbulence of the English Civil War uses the indicative record left in Ann Fanshawe's receipt book alongside the memoirs Fanshawe left for her son. An insightful history of how ordinary women fought to protect their loved ones in the face of conflict. Vorwort Peppered with advice, remedies and recipes , and framed by the English Civil War, Lucy Moore brilliantly brings to life Lady Ann Fanshawe's setbacks and successes. Zusammenfassung 'Fascinating... A vivid account' - Philippa Gregory, The Times In the mid-seventeenth century, England was divided by Civil War, but inside the home domestic life continued as it always had done. Lady Ann Fanshawe's 'receipt book' was a treasured and entirely feminine response to the upheavals of war, which left few doctors to be found. And so Ann's morocco-bound book full of scraps of ink-stained paper contained everything from lifesaving remedies to recipes for hot chocolate. Using Ann's receipt book and the memoirs she wrote for her surviving son, Lucy Moore follows her through this turbulent time as she leaves home, marries, bears - and buries - children and seeks to hold her family together. Lady Fanshawe's Receipt Book brilliantly illuminates the life and times of an English woman's Civil War.

Product details

• Authors: Lucy Moore, Lucy (Author) Moore, Moore Lucy
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781782398127
• ISBN: 978-1-78239-812-7
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Social History, MEDICAL / History, HISTORY / Women, History of Medicine, United Kingdom, Great Britain, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: historical, political and military, English Civil War, Civil wars