At Home With: The Victorians

Author: Tim Cooke
Publisher: Wayland (Publishers) Ltd
Category: Nonfiction History Books for Kids
Age Group: 12-17
Book Format: Hardcover

Life in the past was in many ways very different from life today, but in one way it was very similar.There were always some people who were wealthier, more powerful or more famous than everyone else - and it was those early celebrities who set the fashions of the age and who got tongues wagging with early celebrity gossip. At Home With... uses a magazine approach to reveal what fashionable life was like in various societies.Each book in the series focuses on a highly popular and widely studied period of history. The subjects include famous individuals and their homes, fashions, pastimes, food and drink, ways of getting around - and the must-have possessions of the day.

Table Of Contents
1: Welcome to the Victorian World!

2: Big City Slickers

3: Getting Around

4: Our Homes are our Castles

5: America Rules!

6: Get the Look!

7: Food and Drink

8: Keeping Up Appearances

9: You Can't Get the Staff

10: In Our Spare Time

11: We're All Consumers Now

12: Get in the Festive Spirit

13: Read all about it!

14: Glossary

15: On the Web/Books

16: Index
About Tim Cooke
Tim Cooke is a graduate of Oxford University. He has worked in children's publishing for over 20 years, and has written or contributed to dozens of books on a wide range of subjects. Among his publications as writer or editor are numerous sets about military history, particularly the American Revolution, the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the Vietnam War. He has also written extensively about general history, both ancient and modern.

(BK-9780750281935)

SKU BK-9780750281935
Barcode # 9780750281935
Brand Wayland (Publishers) Ltd
Artist / Author Tim Cooke
Shipping Weight 0.3400kg
Shipping Width 0.209m
Shipping Height 0.050m
Shipping Length 0.262m
Assembled Length 26.200m
Assembled Height 50.000m
Assembled Width 20.900m
Type Hardcover

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