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Gin & Juice: The Victorian Guide to Parenting
Alan Tyers
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Description for Gin & Juice: The Victorian Guide to Parenting
Hardback. Thanks to this attractive and authoritative compendium, hapless modern-day parents will at last profit from the wisdom of an era when Britain led the world in matters of industry, empire and child-rearing.. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: VFXC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228. The Victorian Guide to Parenting. 160 pages, Illustrations, map. Thanks to this attractive and authoritative compendium, hapless modern-day parents will at last profit from the wisdom of an era when Britain led the world in matters of industry, empire and child-rearing. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: VFXC; WH. Dimension: 187 x 130 x 17. Weight: 228.
Learn the importance of routine from Gertrude Fjörd-Mettöd, how to Have It All from Queen Victoria (mother of seventeen and Empress of India), how to tell which twin is the Good One and which the Evil, how to turn a Bad Seed into a Good Egg, how to take your charge from Infancy to Infantry (3-21), and of course all about the Medicinal benefits of Gin and Tobacco. Liberally sprinkled with authentically hilarious Victoriana illustrations, including advertisements for Bob the Empire Builder toys ('Can we annex it? Yes we can!'), 'Who's the Pater' longjohns and the amazing steam-powered breast ... Read more
Learn the importance of routine from Gertrude Fjörd-Mettöd, how to Have It All from Queen Victoria (mother of seventeen and Empress of India), how to tell which twin is the Good One and which the Evil, how to turn a Bad Seed into a Good Egg, how to take your charge from Infancy to Infantry (3-21), and of course all about the Medicinal benefits of Gin and Tobacco. Liberally sprinkled with authentically hilarious Victoriana illustrations, including advertisements for Bob the Empire Builder toys ('Can we annex it? Yes we can!'), 'Who's the Pater' longjohns and the amazing steam-powered breast ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408824344
SKU
V9781408824344
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Ref
99-1
About Alan Tyers
Alan Tyers has write a regular column for The Cricketer magazine and The Daily Telegraph. Beach is an illustrator and cartoonist who regularly contributes to The Cricketer magazine among many other publications. They are the authors of CrickiLeaks: The Secret Ashes Diaries and W.G. Grace Ate My Pedalo. www.beachy.co.uk @VonBeach
Reviews for Gin & Juice: The Victorian Guide to Parenting
Illustrated in the style of Boz, it contains a lot of sound advice: forget that organic nonsense: give them gin, tobacco, trifle and dunk them in leeches
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Daily Telegraph Review, Books of the Year
For those who like their pregnancy and babycare advice with a good dose of tongue-in-cheek humour
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