A Treasury of Outmoded Advice
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/05/2015
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 20th 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.
- ISBN:
- 9780712357821
- 9780712357821
- Category:
- Humour
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 01-05-2015
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- British Library, The
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Dimensions (mm):
- 177.8x114.3x19.05mm
- Weight:
- 0.29kg
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