The Timetraveller's Guide to Victorian London - Couverture souple

Narayan, Natasha

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1904153119 ISBN 13 : 9781904153115

Editeur : Watling St Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

Timetravellers guide to Victorian London

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

One of a series of books that will transport the reader to different eras of London's history. You will experience the sights (some pretty, most ugly), the smells (some fragrant, most offensive) and lives (some successful, most tragic) of its inhabitants through the ages. All contain quizzes and other interactive features, plus listings of relevant places to visit and things to do, and will prove both highly entertaining for their readers and invaluable for schools. Here are just some of the topics that this book will cover: What was The Great Stink (not a Victorian teenager's bedroom)?; Life (or most likely death) in the workhouse; Chimney sweeps and apprentices - the life of an average working child; Begging and pickpocketing - survival on the streets; The diary of Queen Vic (the woman, not the pub); Life in the rookeries; Jack the Ripper, opium dens and the Victorian underworld; Charles Dickens, Avenging Angel; Public hangings and other entertainments; The turn of the tide - the age of reform From the audacious Crystal Palace - a symbol of the age - to the slums of St Giles, Victorian London is a place of greater contrasts than any other period. The more shocking because the most recent period in the series, here the streets are teeming with gents and pickpockets, vicars and prostitutes, philanthropists and murderers.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Watling St Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1904153119
• ISBN 13: 9781904153115
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible