How to be a Tudor

Most historians simply research the past; she lives it … she’s experienced almost every activity she describes. This book is packed with delicious kernels of knowledge … all served up by the most delightfully eccentric author I’ve ever encountered. Seldom have I had so much fun reading history. Seldom have I learnt so much. – Gerard DeGroot The Times Always entertaining, and her narrative is often lifted by the fact that she has taken the trouble to experience many of the alien aspects of Tudor life … This imbues the book with a palpable sense of the texture of our ancestors’ day-to-day lives Observer Riveting. This is a real “people’s history” that takes us straight into the sensate feelings of ordinary life – the feel, touch, smells, and labour of people living five centuries ago, giving an earthy reality to our enduring fascination with the Tudors – Juliet Gardiner A deeply researched and endlessly fascinating account of what it was like to live as a Tudor. The narrative is rich in period detail and based upon a thorough review of the contemporary sources, but what makes it unique is the fact that Goodman has put it all into practice - sleeping, eating, washing and dressing like a Tudor. As a result, How To Be a Tudor is one of very few books which can justifiably claim to bring every aspect of this enduringly popular period dazzlingly to life. – Tracy Borman, author of ‘Thomas Cromwell: The untold story of Henry VIII’s most faithful servant’ Ruth is the queen of living history, long may she reign! – Lucy Worsley Written with such passion … will fascinate and inform anyone who is interested in Victorian ways of life – Dr Ian Mortimer, author of ‘The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England’ If we ever have a female Doctor Who, I shall forward Ruth Goodman’s name for consideration, not least because the historian has already done so much time travelling The Times Wonderful, informative, startling … Goodman’s unique selling proposition as a historian is that she walks the walk of her time period, even when that walk involves hard labor in a corset and a hoop skirt New York Times (on ‘How to be a Victorian’)

Ruth Goodman is a historian who specializes in the everyday life of the past. She has written and presented numerous acclaimed BBC television series and is a regular presenter on the One Show. She is the author of How to be a Victorian, and has co-authored three other books, including the Number One Bestseller Victorian Farm.

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