Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

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

Publisher, Date:

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Series:

PBS pictures

PBS pictures.

Subjects:

Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 -- Drama.

Home economics -- England -- Drama.

Formulas, recipes, etc -- Drama.

Cooking -- Drama.

Genre:

Television plays.