Author: Hughes, Kathryn
Title: The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton.
Description: Fourth Estate, 2011. Mass Market Paperback, Ex-Library, A thick paperback of 525pp, the paper tanning a very little wirth age. Illustrated soft card covers in a removeable plastic sleeve. B + w illustrations. Ex library, evidenced only by a label inside the back cover, otherwise a clean, tight copy. A fascinating account of the short life of Mrs Isabella Beeton, the famous Victorian writer of cookery books, as she struggles with bankruptcy, sexual scandal and family feuds... Very Good.

Keywords: Biography, History, history of Food, Cookery, English Cookery, Cook


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