The A to Z of Victorian London
Author | : George Washington Bacon |
Publisher | : Conran Octopus |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Cartography |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : George Washington Bacon |
Publisher | : Conran Octopus |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Cartography |
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Author | : Lee Jackson |
Publisher | : Anthem Press |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2006-08-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1843312301 |
A wonderful A–Z of the fascinating world of Victorian London, full of amazing facts and curious humour.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : London (England) |
ISBN | : |
From slums to suburbs, freak-shows to fast food, prisons to pornography, this title presents a fascinating look into everyday life in the Great Metropolis of Victorian London.
Author | : John Rocque |
Publisher | : Conran Octopus |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Cartography |
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Author | : Neil R. A. Bell |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 407 |
Release | : 2016-07-15 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 1445647877 |
The new definitive guide to Victorian crime.
Author | : Francis Michael Longstreth Thompson |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780674772854 |
'The Rise of Respectable Society' offers a new map of this territory as revealed by close empirical studies of marriage, the family, domestic life, work, leisure and entertainment in 19th century Britain.
Author | : Judith Flanders |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2014-07-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1466835451 |
From the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author of The Invention of Murder, an extraordinary, revelatory portrait of everyday life on the streets of Dickens' London. The nineteenth century was a time of unprecedented change, and nowhere was this more apparent than London. In only a few decades, the capital grew from a compact Regency town into a sprawling metropolis of 6.5 million inhabitants, the largest city the world had ever seen. Technology—railways, street-lighting, and sewers—transformed both the city and the experience of city-living, as London expanded in every direction. Now Judith Flanders, one of Britain's foremost social historians, explores the world portrayed so vividly in Dickens' novels, showing life on the streets of London in colorful, fascinating detail.From the moment Charles Dickens, the century's best-loved English novelist and London's greatest observer, arrived in the city in 1822, he obsessively walked its streets, recording its pleasures, curiosities and cruelties. Now, with him, Judith Flanders leads us through the markets, transport systems, sewers, rivers, slums, alleys, cemeteries, gin palaces, chop-houses and entertainment emporia of Dickens' London, to reveal the Victorian capital in all its variety, vibrancy, and squalor. From the colorful cries of street-sellers to the uncomfortable reality of travel by omnibus, to the many uses for the body parts of dead horses and the unimaginably grueling working days of hawker children, no detail is too small, or too strange. No one who reads Judith Flanders's meticulously researched, captivatingly written The Victorian City will ever view London in the same light again.
Author | : Yaffa Draznin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Housewives |
ISBN | : 9789798216039 |
Author | : Lee Jackson |
Publisher | : New Holland Publishers Uk Limited |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
When Queen Victoria was in power, it was a period of massive development in London. Much of contemporary London owes a great deal to its Victorian heritage and influence. From the cultural highs of museums and theaters to the perennially popular pubs and markets, the influence of the Victorians is evident in many commonplace London scenes. Victorian London is a guide to the London of this period, and the glorious evidence that remains in London's landscape and today's society. Author Lee Jackson is an entertaining guide who relates his detailed knowledge of many aspects of the social history of the period: architecture, popular culture, education, crime and punishment, food and drink, shopping and transport. Superb photographs illustrate this celebration of Victorian history and architecture. This book is ideal for residents and visitors alike.
Author | : Christine L. Corton |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2015-11-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674088352 |
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A Telegraph Editor’s Choice An Evening Standard “Best Books about London” Selection In popular imagination, London is a city of fog. The classic London fogs, the thick yellow “pea-soupers,” were born in the industrial age of the early nineteenth century. Christine L. Corton tells the story of these epic London fogs, their dangers and beauty, and their lasting effects on our culture and imagination. “Engrossing and magnificently researched...Corton’s book combines meticulous social history with a wealth of eccentric detail. Thus we learn that London’s ubiquitous plane trees were chosen for their shiny, fog-resistant foliage. And since Jack the Ripper actually went out to stalk his victims on fog-free nights, filmmakers had to fake the sort of dank, smoke-wreathed London scenes audiences craved. It’s discoveries like these that make reading London Fog such an unusual, enthralling and enlightening experience.” —Miranda Seymour, New York Times Book Review “Corton, clad in an overcoat, with a linklighter before her, takes us into the gloomier, long 19th century, where she revels in its Gothic grasp. Beautifully illustrated, London Fog delves fascinatingly into that swirling miasma.” —Philip Hoare, New Statesman