“The queen of living history” (Lucy Worsley) dazzles anglophiles and history lovers alike with this immersive account of how English women sparked a worldwide revolution—from their own kitchens. Wielding the same wit and passion as seen in How to Be a Victorian, Ruth Goodman shows that the hot coal stove provided so much more than morning tea. As Goodman traces the amazing shift from wood to coal in mid-sixteenth century England, a pattern of innovation emerges as the women stoking these fires also stoked new global industries: from better soap to clean smudges to new ingredients for cooking. Laced with irresistibly charming anecdotes of Goodman’s own experience managing a coal-fired household, The Domestic Revolution shines a hot light on the power of domestic necessity.
| ISBN: | 9781324091035 |
| Publication date: | 16th November 2021 |
| Author: | Ruth Goodman |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 352 pages |
| Genres: |
European history General and world history Social and cultural history Gender studies: women and girls |