During World War Two Britain had to look to the land to provide the produce it had previously shipped in from abroad, meaning huge changes on both the agricultural and domestic scenes. Accompanying an 8-part BBC series and written by the three presenters who spend a year living on a reconstructed farm from the era, Wartime Farm sets these changes within a historical context and looks at the day-to-day life of that time. Exploring a fascinating chapter in Britain's recent history, we see how our predecessors lived and thrived in difficult conditions with extreme frugality and ingenuity. From growing your own vegetables and keeping chickens in the back yard, to having to 'make do and mend', many of the challenges faced by wartime Britons have resonance today. Fascinating historical detail and atmospheric story-telling make this a truly compelling read.

Autorentext

Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman, Alexander Langlands

Titel
Wartime Farm
EAN
9781845337407
ISBN
978-1-84533-740-7
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
24.09.2012
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
94.08 MB
Anzahl Seiten
256
Jahr
2012
Untertitel
Englisch