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Isabella Beeton wrote her world famous cookbook between the ages of 21 and 28. She died shy of her 29th birthday and had syphilis, according to Kathryn Hughes the author of The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton (HarperCollins,
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She even appeared with a version for the colonies with wombats replacing pheasants or something and may have been responsible for the dire state of Australian food for so long.
Time to through a Koala – or wombat – on the barbie.
Would anyone know what a Mrs Beatons Cookbook would be worth nowadays??
Hi Glenda
You need to go to a specialist cookbook shop. Where are you based? In Oz there is http://www.booksforcooks.com.au/
and in the UK http://www.booksforcooks.com/
In the US http://www.books-for-cooks.com
otherwise antiquarian book dealers. Good luck!