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O'Neill, Gilda

 
9780141019383: The Good Old Days: Poverty, Crime and Terror in Victorian London
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0141019387 ISBN 13 : 9780141019383
Editeur : Penguin, 2007

Synopsis

The nineteenth century was a time of growing awareness of the existence of an impoverished underclass – a terrifying demi-monde of criminals, tarts and no-hope low lifes. Uniformed gangs would ‘hold their street’ in violent clashes with opposing mobs, and foreign seamen would set up home close to the massive wealth of bonded warehouses ― everyone knew about the alien hordes’ propensity for making a living from thievery, opium, and whores . . . Gilda O’Neill explores the teeming underbelly dwelling in the fog-bound streets, rat-infested slums, common lodging houses, boozers, penny gaffs and brothels in the heart of the greatest empire that the world has ever seen, revealing that Victoria’s was actually a most unruly reign.

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À propos de l'auteur

Gilda O'Neill grew up in the East End of London. Having left school aged fifteen, she later returned to education as a mature student and went on to take three university degrees. Since 1990 she has been writing full-time and has published ten novels and two non-fiction bestsellers, My East End and Our Street. Gilda O'Neill is married with two grown-up children and lives in the East End.

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Éditeur
Penguin
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0141019387
ISBN 13 
9780141019383
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
304
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