Unmentionable - The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners

"A scandalously honest guide to the secrets of Victorian womanhood. "If Unmentionable does not secure the Pulitzer Prize for Most Fascinating Book Ever, the whole gig is rigged. Therese Oneill opens the doors to everything we secretly wanted to know about the Victorian era, but didn't think to ask. Knickers with no crotches? Check. Arsenic as a facial scrub? Check. The infrequency of bathing and the stench of the Victorian human body? Check mate"--

Info autore

Therese Oneill is the New York Times bestselling author of Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage and Manners. She can be found online at www.writerthereseoneill.com.

Riassunto

Have you ever wished you could live in an earlier, more romantic era?

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Therese Oneill, Oneill Therese
• Editore: Little, Brown and Company
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 26.06.2018
• EAN: 9780316357906
• ISBN: 978-0-316-35790-6
• Pagine: 320
• Dimensioni: 165 mm x 212 mm x 21 mm
• Peso: 350 g
• Illustrazioni: 180 duotone photos, illustrations, drawings, 2 -color printing
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Famiglia; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918; REFERENCE / Etiquette, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, COOKING / Entertaining, HISTORY / Women, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Family & relationships, Social and cultural history, Parties, etiquette & entertaining, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Parties, etiquette and entertaining, Gender studies: women and girls, etiquette; women's history; victorian womanhood