How to Skin a Lion: A Treasury of Outmoded Advice - Couverture rigide

Cock-Starkey, Claire

 
9780712357821: How to Skin a Lion: A Treasury of Outmoded Advice
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0712357823 ISBN 13 : 9780712357821
Editeur : The British Library Publishing Division, 2015

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

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.

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Éditeur
The British Library Publishing Division
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0712357823
ISBN 13 
9780712357821
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
160
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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