Mrs Beeton: The original domestic goddess

The life of Mrs Beeton -- a household name for generations -- was masked by the delicacies of the Victorians and the commercial desires of her publishers. Martha Kearney talks to Kathryn Hughes, whose new biography shines a light into the chasm that lay between Mrs Beeton's public and private life. Hughes's book is The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton (Fourth Estate Ltd).