Hughes, Kathryn,  1959- <br/><br/>
The short life & long times of Mrs Beeton / 
 Short life and long times of Mrs Beeton 
Kathryn Hughes. 
 - xii, 525 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> "Isabella Beeton was not quite the familiar matronly figure that has kept her name resonating over the past 150 years. She was actually only twenty-one when she sat down to write The Book of Household Management, with just six months experience of running her own home behind her. Instead of presiding over a well-run town house or country manor, Isabella and her charismatic husband Sam lived in a suburban semi with a single maid-of-all-work. Crucial new material unearthed by Kathryn Hughes shows a woman struggling with every kind of trauma: bankruptcy, sexual scandal and a bitter family feud that lasted over a century." "In this biography, Kathryn Hughes shines a light into the chasm that lay between Mrs. Beeton's private and public life, and explores just how a young woman who died at the age of twenty-eight managed to become one of the most powerful cultural icons of all time."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1841153737 (hbk.) :  £20.00 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA555192  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Beeton, Mrs.  1836-1865 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Home economists--Great Britain--Biography<br/>Home economics--History--England<br/>Cooking, English--History
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>640.92