The greedy queen : eating with Victoria /
Gray, Annie.
The greedy queen : eating with Victoria / Annie Gray. - London : Profile Books, 2017. - x, 390 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the 19th century, a revolution took place in how we ate - from the highest table in the land to the most humble. Annie Gray's book is both a biography of Britain's most iconic monarch, and a look at the changing nature of cooking and eating in the Victorian era. From her early years living on milk and bread under the Kensington system, to her constant indigestion and belligerent over-eating as an elderly woman, her diet will be examined, likes and dislikes charted, and the opinions of those around her considered.
9781781256824 (hbk.) : 16.99 1781256829 (hbk.) : 16.99
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.
Food habits--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Diet--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901.
History.
History.
DA555
941.081 GRA
The greedy queen : eating with Victoria / Annie Gray. - London : Profile Books, 2017. - x, 390 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the 19th century, a revolution took place in how we ate - from the highest table in the land to the most humble. Annie Gray's book is both a biography of Britain's most iconic monarch, and a look at the changing nature of cooking and eating in the Victorian era. From her early years living on milk and bread under the Kensington system, to her constant indigestion and belligerent over-eating as an elderly woman, her diet will be examined, likes and dislikes charted, and the opinions of those around her considered.
9781781256824 (hbk.) : 16.99 1781256829 (hbk.) : 16.99
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.
Food habits--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Diet--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901.
History.
History.
DA555
941.081 GRA