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How to Be a Tudor

A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Everyday Life

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How to Be a Tudor

By: Ruth Goodman
Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson
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The Tudor era encompasses some of the greatest changes in our history. But while we know about the historical dramas of the times, what was life really like for a commoner?

To answer this question, the renowned 'method historian' Ruth Goodman has slept, washed and cooked as the Tudors did. 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, from how they slept to how they courted.

Exploring how the Tudors learnt, danced and even sat and stood according to the latest fashion, she reveals what it all felt, smelt and tasted like, from morning until night.

©2015 Ruth Goodman (P)2016 Isis Publishing Ltd Europe Great Britain Renaissance World England Tudor
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Where does How to Be a Tudor rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It's one of the best of the non-fiction ones

What did you like best about this story?

I loved the information about what the author experienced while living as a Tudor.

Have you listened to any of Patience Tomlinson’s other performances? How does this one compare?

This is my first.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

How to be a Tudor!

Any additional comments?

I wished there was more of the experience and possibly less fascination with breeds of wheat...

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absolutely love this book, it's one of my go to books when I can't decide what to listen too

engaging

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Ruth Goodman never fails to delight. Like others in this series it paints a wonder dawn to disk view of life at the time. Just wonderful.

Entertaining and informative

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