Ruth Brandon

Na pierwszy rzut oka "Wstydliwa historia piękna" opowiada o narodzinach gigantów przemysłu kosmetycznego - Heleny Rubinstein i L'Oréal. Jakim cudem niewykształcona Żydówka polskiego pochodzenia stała się najbogatszą kobietą swoich czasów? Co sprawiło, że syn piekarza Eug?ne Schueller zbudował jedną z największych korporacji świata? Na tym...

Between the 1780s and the end of the nineteenth century, an army of sad women took up residence in other people’s homes, part and yet not part of the family, not servants, yet not equals. To become a governess, observed Jane Austen in Emma, was to "retire from all the pleasures of life, of rational intercourse, equal society, peace and hope,...

During the first half of the 19th century, Alexis Soyer became the most famous cook -and man-in London. In addition to his kitchen inventions and best-selling cookbooks, Soyer was part of many of the great events and social changes of his time. In her exciting biography of a culinary giant, Ruth Brandon uses each phase of his legendary career to...