Lady Fanshawe's Receipt Book: The Life and Times of a Civil War Heroine

Ann's 'receipt book' was a treasured and entirely feminine response to the upheavals of war. Using Ann's receipt book and the memoirs she wrote for her surviving son, Lucy Moore follows her through this turbulent time as she leaves home, marries, bears - and buries - children and seeks to hold her family together. Lady Fanshawe's Receipt Book brilliantly brings to life Ann's struggles and her joys, revealing how ordinary women across the country fought to protect their loved ones in the face of conflict.