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Tag: Victorian England

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2457: Beeton’s Household Management

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on January 14, 2023 · Episode: 2457 Isabella Beeton’s remarkable book on “household” management. Today, Beeton’s household management.

Tags cooking domestic arts food prepartion household management Mrs. Isabella Beeton Samuel upper classes Victorian England

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2244: The Gentleman Traveler

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Posted on June 11, 2022 · Episode: 2244 The Gentleman traveler: Victorian polymath, Francis Galton. Today, we travel the wilds with the highborn.

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