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Title: The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Renaissance England: From 1485-1649 by Kathy Lynn Emerson ISBN: 0-89879-752-7 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: September, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: It could do with more illustrations...
Comment: Most Americans who would be interested in such things, after all, have probably visited a Colonial reconstruction (like Williamsburg) at some point, and seen the artifacts of the period up close and personal, so it doesn't matter too much that the volume this series offers about Colonial America isn't too well supplied with pictures. But visual recreations of Elizabethiana are thinner on the ground, and it would have helped to have been able to see something of the objects described (I had to haul out one of my costume references to comprehend the description of Anne Boleyn's trademark headdress, for example). That much said, the book is packed with useful information ranging from plots against the Virgin Queen to how much things cost to education, language (including the Scots dialect), and witchcraft. And it offers sizeable bibliographies of other books to seek out in connection with various specialized subjects. On balance, I have to say that I got a lot out of it, and would recommend it as a good jumping-off place for students as well as writers.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great series!
Comment: Not just for writers, but historians, hobbyists, and anyone interested in the small details of life in other times. This volume, like the others in the series, includes chapters (with figures and illustrations) on food, clothing, family life, work, education, religion, leisure activities, social and political history, etc. Great for browsing, great for research. Recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent resource
Comment: If your interest in the Renaissance centers on 16th century England, then this book's for you. With chapters arranged by broad subjects, such as Everyday Life, Government and War, and Society, it's easy to locate topics. If you are looking for a quick reference tool specific to the English Renaissance, this book belongs in your collection
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Title: Everyday Life in the Middle Ages: The British Isles, 500 to 1500 (Everyday Life Series) by Sherrilyn Kenyon ISBN: 1582970017 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Shakespeare's England: Life in Elizabethan and Jacobean Times by R. E. Pritchard ISBN: 0750932112 Publisher: Sutton Publishing Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England from 1811-1901 by Kristine Hughes ISBN: 158297280X Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: February, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
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Title: What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England by Daniel Pool ISBN: 0671882368 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: April, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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