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Title:

The secret life of Mrs. Beeton [videorecording] / a production of British Broadcasting Corporation ; producer, Katherine Lannon ; written by Sarah Williams ; director, Jon Jones.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Distributed by PBS Home Video,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Beeton,--Mrs--(Isabella Mary),--1836-1865--Drama.
Home economics--England--Drama.
Recipes--Drama.
Cookery--Drama.
Beeton,--Mrs.--(Isabella Mary),--1836-1865--Drama.
Home economics--England--Drama.
Cooking--Drama.
Television plays.
Melodrama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Melodrama--Television feature.
Television movies.
Melodrama.

Other Authors:

Lannon, Katherine.
Williams, Sarah.
Jones, Jon (Jon C.)
Madeley, Anna, 1977-
Feild, J. J.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
PBS Home Video.

Other Titles:

Masterpiece theatre (Television program)

Notes:

Anna Madeley, J.J. Feild.

Summary:

Based on the life of Isabella Beeton, author of Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management and the most famous cookbook author in British history. Isabella was an accomplished business woman who died when she was only 28. Traces Isabella's transformation from young wife, to magazine journalist, to publishing phenomenon. Find out how a woman who couldn't cook ended up producing the world's most famous recipe book. Discover the dark secret that led to her early death.

Series:

PBS pictures

ISBN:

9780793693542
0793693543

OCLC:

(OCoLC)152623794

UPC:

841887008556

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CPPC926 -- Kalona Public Library (Kalona)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)