{"product_id":"the-english-housewife-paperback","title":"The English Housewife - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGervase Markham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael R. Best\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarkham reveals the \"pretty and curious secrets\" of preparing everything from simple foods to such elaborate meals as a \"humble feast\" - an undertaking which entails preparing \"no less than two and thirty dishes, which is as much as can stand on one table.\" He instructs the housewife on brewing beer and caring for wine, growing flax and hemp for thread, and spinning and dyeing. As a housewife was also responsible for the health and \"soundness of body\" of her family, he includes advice on the prevention of everything from the plague to baldness and bad breath. No other source from this period provides the same richness of information in such a readable style. Michael Best's introduction and his abundant notes make The English Housewife readily accessible to the contemporary reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1615 Englishman Gervase Markham published a handbook for housewives that contains \"all the virtuous knowledges and actions both of the mind and body, which ought to be in any complete housewife\". Markham instructs and advises on everything from the plague to baldness and bad breath. Woodcut illustrations add a richness to this look at life during the Renaissance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 8.89 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48289196671225,"sku":"9780773511033","price":40.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/HLd2kJKyQL9780773511033.webp?v=1776259027","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-english-housewife-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}