The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

2006 en 85 minutes

Rating: 6.2

Plot

In 19th century Victorian England, Mrs. Isabella Beeton produced what became an essential book for housewives of the day. She was married at a relatively young age to Sam Beeton, a publisher of books and magazines on a variety of subjects. Not someone to sit at home in the traditional role of a housewife, Mrs. Beeton started work in her husband's business, initially as an editor correcting English but then writing some of the columns herself. It as at this point that she developed an idea for a cookbook and Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management was born. Her life was not an easy one however. The publishing business went bankrupt, she lost two children at a young age and had several miscarriages. She died at the age of 28.

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Cast

Anna Madeley

Anna Madeley

Isabella Beeton

JJ Feild

JJ Feild

Sam Beeton

Jim Carter

Jim Carter

Henry Dorling

Anna Chancellor

Anna Chancellor

Elizabeth Doring

Siobhan Hayes

Siobhan Hayes

Anne - the Maid

Joseph Mawle

Joseph Mawle

Fred Greenwood

Andrea Riseborough

Andrea Riseborough

Myra

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