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How to Skin a Lion

A Treasury of Outmoded Advice

By (author) Claire Cock-Starkey
Format: Hardback
Publisher: British Library Publishing, London, United Kingdom
Imprint: The British Library Publishing Division
Published: 14th May 2015
Dimensions: w 104mm h 190mm d 27mm
Weight: 295g
ISBN-10: 0712357823
ISBN-13: 9780712357821
Barcode No: 9780712357821
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Have you ever wondered how to pan for gold, train a falcon or make a love potion? Could you restore a drowned person, smoke your own bacon or correctly address a Maharajah? If not, fear not - you will find the answer in this book. How to Skin a Lion is a fascinating collection of miscellaneous historical advice, gathered from the magnificent archives of the British Library. Drawing on medieval manuscripts, Victorian manuals and self-help guides of the early twentieth century, the book uncovers an extraordinary range of guidance from etiquette to apiculture, medicine to mechanics. How to Skin a Lion offers an intriguing insight into a past with no modern conveniences, where navigating the social scene was fraught with perils and Google did not hold the answer to everything.

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