![]() My historical imagination doesn’t generally extend that far back in time. ![]() Ruth’s more scholarly How to Be a Tudor riveted me–and I didn’t expect it to. Scrupulously researched, totally authentic, and with its own contemporary narrative playing out within an accurate reconstruction of Tudor England, this is a fantastic glimpse into history, as it was lived.” You’ll follow Ruth and her co-stars “as they discover how to build a pigsty, brew their own ale, forge their own machinery, and keep a Tudor household. ![]() Tudor Monastery Farm is the official companion volume to the series. Time for a little binge-watching (or reading!)! Below, you will find a sample episode from each series, along with the companion book and a link to watch more episodes on YouTube. A couple of them also have companion books that give you the nitty-gritty–sometimes literally–in print. All of the series have episodes you can watch on YouTube for free. They’re all re-creations of rural life in a certain time period: the Tudor era, Victorian era, Edwardian era (which many of us know better as the Downton Abbey era) and even World War II. Ruth Goodman is known to BBC watchers as the woman who brings history to life in several documentary series. ![]() ![]() What was it like to live in the Tudor age or the 1940s? Would you rather “watch” the answer or “read” it? Well, you can do both with these popular BBC historical documentary series and their companion books. ![]()
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