Recommended Reading
Victorian
Nonfiction
- Victoria's Heyday by J. B. Priestley
- The Victorians: A World Built to Last by George Perry & Nicolas Mason
- Daily Life in Victorian England by Christopher Hibbert
- Take a Spare Truss by Simon Brett
- Fabric of Society by Jane Tozer & Sarah Levitt
- Corsets & Crinolines by Norah Waugh
- From Queen to Empress: Victorian Dress 1837-1877 by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- What Jane Austen Ate & Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Playing Whist, the Facts of Daily Life in 19th Century England by Daniel Poole
Fiction
- The Complete Works of Jane Austen
- The Complete Works of Charles Dickens
- The Complete Works of William Thackeray
- The Complete Works of Anthony Trollope
- The Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott
- The Complete Works of Emily Dickinson
- The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Irene Adler Mysteries by Carol Nelson Douglas:
- Good Night, Mr. Holmes
- Good Morning, Irene
- Irene at Large
- Irene's Last Waltz
- Chaple Noir
- Castle Rouge
For Young People
- Daily Life in a Victorian House by Laura Wilson
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Videos
- Pride and Prejudice by Arts and Entertainment
- La Traviata by Franco Zeffirelli
- Little Dorritt
- Little Women
- Age of Innocence
- Gone With the Wind by MGM
Victorian Servants
Nonfiction
- Life Below Stairs by Frank E. Huggett
- Not In Front of the Servants by Frank Dawes
- Occupational Costume in England: From the 11 Century to 1914 by Phillis Cunninhton and Catherine Lucas
- The Rise and Fall of the Victorian Servant by Pamela Horn
- The Servant's Hall: A Downstairs History of Britain by Merlin Waterson
- The Diaries of Hannah Cullwick, Victorian Maidservant by Hannah Cullwick
- Backstairs Life in a Country House by Eileen Balderson
- Every Other Sunday by Jean Rennie
- Servant's Hall by Margaret Powell
- Rose: My Life in Service by Rosina Harrington
- What the Butler Saw: 250 years of the Servant Problem by E.S. Turner
Fiction
- The Complete Works of P.G. Wodehouse
- Upstairs Downstairs Character Stories by Jean Marsh
- Directions to Servants by Johnathan Swift
For Young People
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Videos
- The Upstairs Downstairs Series by Masterpiece Theatre
- The Jeeves and Wooster Series by PBS
- Gosford Park
Elizabethan
Nonfiction
- Understanding Shakespeare's England: A Guide for the American Reader by Jo McMurtry
- Elizabeth's London: Everday Life in Elizabethan London by Liza Picard
- Elizabeth the Great by Elizabeth Jenkins
- Henry VIII and His Court by Neville Williams
- Elizabethan Costuming 1530-1588 by Janet Winter & Carolyn Savory. Available from All Other Times Publications, 386 Alcatraz Avenue, Oakland, CA 94618
Fiction
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
- The Faerie Queen by Edmond Spenser
For Young People
- Bartholomew's Fair by Mary Stolz
- Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
- The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
- Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England by Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema
Videos
- Romeo and Juliet by Franco Zefferelli
- The Taming of the Shrew by Franco Zefferelli
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII by the BBC
- Elizabeth R by the BBC
Web Sites
Roman
Nonfiction
- As the Romans Did by Jo Ann Shelton
- Daily Life in Ancient Rome by Lionel Casson
- Priestesses by Norma Lorre Goodrich
- A History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium Paul Veyne, Ed.
- Everyday Life in Roman Britain by Marjorie & C.H.B. Quennell
- Ancient Rome:History of a Civilization That Built the World by Anna Maria Liberati & Fabio Bourbon
- Great Treasures of Pompeii and Herculaneum by Theodore H. Feder
Fiction
- I, Claudius by Robert Graves
- Claudius the God by Robert Graves
- The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough
- The Grass Crown by Colleen McCullough
- Fortune's Favorite by Colleen McCullough
- Caesar's Women by Colleen McCullough
- Caesar: Let the Dice Fly by Colleen McCullough
- The October Horse by Colleen McCullough
- The Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries by Lindsey Davis:
- Silver Pigs
- Shadows in Bronze
- Venus in Copper
- The Iron Hand of Mars
- Poseidon's Gold
- The Last Act in Palmyra
- A Time to Depart
- A Dying Light in Cordoba
- Three Hands in the Fountain
- Two for the Lions
- One Virgin Too Many
- Ode to a Banker
- Body in the Bathhouse
- The Accusers
- The Jupiter Myth
- Scandal Takes a Holiday
- See Delphi and Die
- The Roma Sub Rosa series by Steven Saylor
- Roman Blood
- The House of the Vestals
- Arms of Nemesis
- Catilina's Riddle
- The Venus Throw
- A Murder on the Appian Way
- Rubicon
For Young People
- Outrageous Women of Ancient Times by Vicki Leon
- The Roman News by Candlewick Press
- Classical Kids: An Activity Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome by Laurie Carlson
- The Inside Story series:
- A Roman Villa by Jacqueline Morley and John James
- A Roman Fort by Fiona MacDonald and Gerald Wood
- World History series:
- The Age of Augustus by Don Nardo
Videos
- I, Claudius by the BBC
- Ancient Rome series by the History Channel:
- The Republic of Rome
- The Age of Emperors
- Building an Empire
- The Enduring Legacy
Web Sites
- An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors
- A Map of The Roman Empire
Celtic
Nonfiction
- Women of the Celts by Jean Markale
- The Celts by Jean Markale
- Women in Celtic Myth by Moyra Caldecott
- Traditional Irish Laws by Mary Dowling Doley
- Celtic Gods, Celtic Goddesses by R. J. Stewart
- The Druids by Stuart Piggott
- The Celts by Stuart Piggott
- Daily Life of the Pagan Celts by Dr. Anne Ross
- The Life and Death of a Druid Prince by Dr. Anne Ross
- Celtic Britain by Dr. Anne Ross
- How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
- Celtic Fire by Robert Van de Wyer
- Walking the Maze by Loren Cruden
- The Book of Invasions
- The Book of the Dun Cow
- The Cattle Raid of Cooley
- Cu Chulainn
- The Fionn Cycle
- Finn Mach Cumhaill
- The Mabinogion by Lady Charlotte Guest
Fiction
- Coyote at Stonehenge by Loren Cruden
- The Elven novels of C. J. Cherryh
Videos
- The Celts: Rich Traditions and Ancient Myths by the BBC
Web Sites
- Every Celtic Thing on the Web
Greek
Nonfiction
- Reflections on Ancient Greece by Roy Moore & Nikos Kazantzakis
- The Classical World by Colin & Sarah McEvedy
- The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook by Marvin W. Meyer
- Priestesses by Norma Lorre Goodrich
- Costumes of the Greeks and Romans by Thomas Hope
- Guide to Greece by Pausanias, Translated by Peter Levi, Penguine Books, 1971
Fiction
- The King Must Die by Mary Renault
- The Bull From the Sea by Mary Renault
- The Mask of Apollo by Mary Renault
- The Praise Singer by Mary Renault
- The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
- Alexander the Great by Mary Renault
For Young People
- Outrageous Women of Ancient Times by Vicki Leon
- The Greek News by Canglewick Press
- Classical Kids An activity Guid to Ancient Greece and Rome by Laurie Carlson
- The Inside Story series:
- A Greek Temple by Fiona MacDonald and Mark Bergin
- World History series:
- Greek and Roman Sport by Don Nardo
Web Sites
- Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World
- The Palace at Knossos
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