The author vividly describes the home lives of people from the different social classes in England in early Victorian times. She covers amongst other things the buildings, private and public, domestic interiors, the food, medicine, recreations and gardens. Whilst her descriptions are clearly based on extensive research and go into fair detail and are at times even technical, in general they make lightish reading and every so often are brightened up by amusing comments.
(Jeremy Swann - bwl 28 February 2005 ) |
