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Author: David Brandon
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2010-03-15
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 1445629267
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book takes a look at ways in which the railways had an impact and influence on London.
Author: Michelle Higgs
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2014-02-12
Total Pages: 151
ISBN-13: 1473834465
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn “utterly brilliant” and deeply researched guide to the sights, smells, endless wonders, and profound changes of nineteenth century British history (Books Monthly, UK). Step into the past and experience the world of Victorian England, from clothing to cuisine, toilet arrangements to transport—and everything in between. A Visitor’s Guide to Victorian England is “a brilliant guided tour of Charles Dickens’s and other eminent Victorian Englishmen’s England, with insights into where and where not to go, what type of people you’re likely to meet, and what sights and sounds to watch out for . . . Utterly brilliant!” (Books Monthly, UK). Like going back in time, Higgs’s book shows armchair travelers how to find the best seat on an omnibus, fasten a corset, deal with unwanted insects and vermin, get in and out of a vehicle while wearing a crinoline, and avoid catching an infectious disease. Drawing on a wide range of sources, this book blends accurate historical details with compelling stories to bring alive the fascinating details of Victorian daily life. It is a must-read for seasoned social history fans, costume drama lovers, history students, and anyone with an interest in the nineteenth century.
Author: Michael J. Freeman
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780300079708
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses the cultural and social effect that the railway had on nineteenth century society in Great Britain
Author: Karen Farrington
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2012-01-19
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0007457073
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe perfect companion to Bradshaw’s guide book. Showcasing in colour all that is great about Bradshaw’s guide.
Author: Gail Carriger
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 2015-03-17
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 0316212237
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom NYT bestselling author Gail Carriger comes a witty adventure about a young woman with rare supernatural abilities travels to India for a spot of tea and adventure and finds she's bitten off more than she can chew. When Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama ("Rue" to her friends) is bequeathed an unexpected dirigible, she does what any sensible female under similar circumstances would do -- she christens it the Spotted Custard and floats off to India. Soon, she stumbles upon a plot involving local dissidents, a kidnapped brigadier's wife, and some awfully familiar Scottish werewolves. Faced with a dire crisis (and an embarrassing lack of bloomers), Rue must rely on her good breeding -- and her metanatural abilities -- to get to the bottom of it all. . .
Author: John R. Kellett
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-06-23
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 1317850904
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: Christian Wolmar
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 2012-11-01
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 1848872534
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the Victorian era, London's Underground has had played a vital role in the daily life of generations of Londoners. Christian Wolmar celebrates the vision and determination of the 19th-century pioneers who made the world's first, and still the largest, underground passenger railway: one of the most impressive engineering achievements in history. From the early days of steam to electrification, via the Underground's contribution to 20th-century industrial design and its role during two world wars, the story comes right up to the present with its sleek, driverless trains, and the wrangles over the future of the system. This book reveals London's hidden wonder in all its glory, and shows how the railway beneath the streets helped create the city we know today.
Author: Liza Picard
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 2013-05-23
Total Pages: 549
ISBN-13: 1780226527
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom rag-gatherers to royalty, from fish knives to Freemasons: everyday life in Victorian London. Like its acclaimed companion volumes, Elizabeth's London, Restoration London and Dr Johnson's London, this book is the product of the author's passionate interest in the realities of everyday life so often left out of history books. This period of mid Victorian London covers a huge span: Victoria's wedding and the place of the royals in popular esteem; how the very poor lived, the underworld, prostitution, crime, prisons and transportation; the public utilities - Bazalgette on sewers and road design, Chadwick on pollution and sanitation; private charities - Peabody, Burdett Coutts - and workhouses; new terraced housing and transport, trains, omnibuses and the Underground; furniture and decor; families and the position of women; the prosperous middle classes and their new shops, such as Peter Jones and Harrods; entertaining and servants, food and drink; unlimited liability and bankruptcy; the rich, the marriage market, taxes and anti-semitism; the Empire, recruitment and press-gangs. The period begins with the closing of the Fleet and Marshalsea prisons and ends with the first (steam-operated) Underground trains and the first Gilbert & Sullivan.
Author: Elizabeth C. Bunce
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
Published: 2020-10-13
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 1643751182
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMyrtle Hardcastle, your favorite amateur detective, is back to solve another murder (committed on a train headed for an English seaside village with a tragic past) in the second installment of the delightful Victorian cozy mystery series for middle-grade readers.
Author: Kate Colquhoun
Publisher: Abacus Software
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780349123592
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn July 1864, Thomas Briggs was travelling home after visiting his niece and her husband for dinner. He entered a First Class carriage on the 9.45pm Hackney service of the North London railway. At Hackney, two bank clerks entered the carriage and discovered blood in the seat cushions; also on the floor, windows and sides of the carriage. A bloodstained hat was found on the seat along with a broken link from a watch chain. The race to identify the killer and catch him as he flees on a boat to America was eagerly followed by citizens both sides of the Atlantic. Kate Colquhoun tells a gripping tale of a crime that shocked the nation. .
