Product Description

This is a special Christmas edition of the 2009 bestselling title including the original book and with 16 pages of new Christmas material. No electricity, no gas, no flushing toilet - and no tractor! Could you survive a year on a Victorian farm? In this fascinating time-travelling experiment Lion Television, with the BBC, follow a team of historians who will spend a year recreating farm life in 1885. Accompanying the series, this book follows the team as they try to run a farm using only materials and resources that would have been available to them in the Victorian era. This was a crucial period in the history of Britain - rapid industrialization had radically changed life in the cites but rural communities used a mixture of centuries-old and pioneering modern practices. Packed with informative text and photographs from the farm year, this book reveals exactly what the Victorians, ate, wore, how they managed their animals, farmed the land and organised their lives. In-depth features describe revolutionary advances in more detail, including new inventions, new breeding methods and advances in agricultural science. Practical projects allow you to join the historians in rediscovering Victorian crafts, cookery and homecare. Providing a real insight into life on a Victorian farm, this series is also a fascinating reminder of how history comes full circle. The organic diet of 1885, use of natural products for cleaning and healthcare and interests in crafts and gardening are of increasing relevance today as we look for a more responsible way of living over 120 years later.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2932 in Books
• Published on: 2009-10-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

About the Author
Historian Ruth Goodman is an expert in nineteenth century farming practice.

Customer Reviews

Don't buy if you've got the original book!
I can't give this book a bad review because it is a wonderful book but I purchased this along with the Victorian Farm and Victorian Farm DVD because the three had been put together in a "Frequently Bought Together" offer. Now I do feel rather ripped off because, as the other reviewers say, it is the same book but with just a few pages about Christmas added.

If you haven't got the first book then I would heartily recommend it because it has so much detail in it about the Victorian way of life and Ruth, Peter and Alex's experiences, farm more detail than the series could go into. A great book for those who enjoyed the series.

WARNING - A good book but....
I actually feel a little ripped off! This book is almost identical to Victorian Farm, (which I bought just 2 months ago), it just has a different cover and a couple of extra pages about xmas.

Do Not Buy this book if you already have the other i my wasted my money!!

Christmas Rip-Off
I was going to get this book as I enjoyed watching the programmes and I purchased the DVD and Original book...now finding that the only real difference is a few pages about Christmas on the Victorian Farm...what a Christmas Rip-Off...