A review by jerihurd
The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs. Beeton: The First Domestic Goddess by Kathryn Hughes

3.0

Mrs Beeton: Unrepentant plagiarist. A bit disappointing to discover the sine qua non of Victorian domesticity was a complete fraud, but an interesting history nonetheless. More of a 3.5. It was occasionally bogged down my too much background/context, or it would have been a 4