How to Skin a Lion

A Treasury of Outmoded Advice

Claire Cock-Starkey (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

2015
The British Library Publishing Division (Verlag)
978-0-7123-5782-1 (ISBN)

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A fascinating collection of miscellaneous historical advice, gathered from the magnificent archives of the British Library. Drawing on medieval manuscripts, Victorian manuals and self-help guides of the early 20th century, the book uncovers an extraordinary range of guidance from etiquette to apiculture, medicine to mechanics

Have you ever wondered how to pan for gold, train a falcon or make a love potion? Could you restore a drowned person, smoke your own bacon or correctly address a Maharajah? If not, fear not - you will find the answer in this book. How to Skin a Lion is a fascinating collection of miscellaneous historical advice, gathered from the magnificent archives of the British Library. Drawing on medieval manuscripts, Victorian manuals and self-help guides of the early twentieth century, the book uncovers an extraordinary range of guidance from etiquette to apiculture, medicine to mechanics. How to Skin a Lion offers an intriguing insight into a past with no modern conveniences, where navigating the social scene was fraught with perils and Google did not hold the answer to everything.

Claire Cock-Starkey was series editor for all seven editions of Schott's Almanac. Her most recent book, The Georgian Art of Gambling, was published by the British Library in 2013.

Zusatzinfo	20 black and white illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	115 x 178 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-7123-5782-3 / 0712357823
ISBN-13	978-0-7123-5782-1 / 9780712357821
Zustand	Neuware