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A review by daisyq
The Short Life & Long Times of Mrs. Beeton by Kathryn Hughes
3.0
I was inspired to read this after watching a Sophie Dahl TV show about Mrs Beeton, which was fascinating and used this book as a source. It was interesting enough that I thought I'd like to know more.
Turns out, I was wrong. The most interesting parts of the book for me (about Isabella's early life and marriage) were adequately covered by the TV show, which also mixed in some visits to key places and tested a few of the recipes and remedies. I did not really care enough to require the level of detail presented here about, for example, the lives of the parents and grandparents of both Isabella and her husband, or the lengthy descriptions of exactly which parts of [b:Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management|832761|Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management|Isabella Beeton|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1387663439s/832761.jpg|818394] were borrowed (cited or uncited) from which other books.
Turns out, I was wrong. The most interesting parts of the book for me (about Isabella's early life and marriage) were adequately covered by the TV show, which also mixed in some visits to key places and tested a few of the recipes and remedies. I did not really care enough to require the level of detail presented here about, for example, the lives of the parents and grandparents of both Isabella and her husband, or the lengthy descriptions of exactly which parts of [b:Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management|832761|Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management|Isabella Beeton|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1387663439s/832761.jpg|818394] were borrowed (cited or uncited) from which other books.