Ask the Past: Pertinent and Impertinent Advice from Yesteryear
Author(s): Elizabeth Archibald
Want to know how to garden with lobsters? How to sober up? Grow a beard? Or, simply, how to make a perfect cheesy omelette? Look no further than Ask the Past. From medieval headache remedies to Renaissance pick-up lines, Ask the Past brings you advice that will make you laugh out loud and shake your head in amazement. Here are the answers to the questions you've always wanted to ask - 'How do I impress my boss?' or 'How do I put out a fire' - and some that you didn't know you needed to. Brimming with insight and con brio zest, and illustrated with charming images from rare books, Ask the Past offers a surprising vision of the past, together with a hilarious menu of solutions to the knotty problems of the present -like how to kill a snake with a radish!
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"From medieval headache remedies to Renaissance pick-up lines, we are promised old-school advice to make us laugh out loud and shake our heads in amazement" Bookseller "A wonderful compendium of received wisdom from our forebears, this endlessly fascinating book provides the answer to conundrums that still vex us today. From sleeplessness to weight loss, table manners to taming wayward eyebrows, 900 years of sage, thoughtful and downright bizarre advice is interspersed with witty commentary by the author. A must for anyone with an eye to the curious world of the past." Tracy Borman "If you're more inclined to take the advice of an ancient monk than write Dear Abby, you're in luck. Ask The Past is here to help." Open Culture
Answers, advice and age-old wisdom, from the Middle Ages to the Age of Enlightenment.
General Fields
- : Vintage
- : Square Peg
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- : June 2015
- : May 2015
- : 0.523
- : 224mm X 144mm X 22mm
- : United Kingdom
- : gifts
Special Fields
- : Elizabeth Archibald
