Lady Fanshawe's Receipt Book: The Life And Times Of A Civil War Heroine
by Lucy Moore /
2017 / English / EPUB
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In the mid seventeenth century, England was divided by war and
bloodshed. Torn apart by rival factions, father opposed son and
brother met brother on the battlefield. But while civil war raged
on cobbled streets and green fields, inside the home domestic life
continued as it always had done. For Ann Fanshawe and her children
it meant a life of insecurity and constant jeopardy as she and her
husband, a Royalist diplomat, dedicated their lives to the
restoration of the Stuart monarchy. In this uncertain world, Ann's
'receipt book' was a treasured and entirely feminine response to
the upheavals of war. These books were a feature of women's lives
during this period, when there were few doctors to be found, and
were full of life-saving medical knowledge that had been gleaned
from mothers and friends. Remarkably, Ann's morocco-bound book full
of scraps of ink-stained paper has survived to this day.Using Ann's
receipt book and the memoirs she wrote for her surviving son, Lucy
Moore follows her through this turbulent time as she leaves home,
marries, bears - and buries - children and seeks to hold her family
together. Lady Fanshawe's Receipt Book brilliantly brings to life
Ann's struggles and her joys, revealing how ordinary women across
the country fought to protect their loved ones in the face of
conflict.
In the mid seventeenth century, England was divided by war and
bloodshed. Torn apart by rival factions, father opposed son and
brother met brother on the battlefield. But while civil war raged
on cobbled streets and green fields, inside the home domestic life
continued as it always had done. For Ann Fanshawe and her children
it meant a life of insecurity and constant jeopardy as she and her
husband, a Royalist diplomat, dedicated their lives to the
restoration of the Stuart monarchy. In this uncertain world, Ann's
'receipt book' was a treasured and entirely feminine response to
the upheavals of war. These books were a feature of women's lives
during this period, when there were few doctors to be found, and
were full of life-saving medical knowledge that had been gleaned
from mothers and friends. Remarkably, Ann's morocco-bound book full
of scraps of ink-stained paper has survived to this day.Using Ann's
receipt book and the memoirs she wrote for her surviving son, Lucy
Moore follows her through this turbulent time as she leaves home,
marries, bears - and buries - children and seeks to hold her family
together. Lady Fanshawe's Receipt Book brilliantly brings to life
Ann's struggles and her joys, revealing how ordinary women across
the country fought to protect their loved ones in the face of
conflict.