{"product_id":"victorian-london-paperback","title":"Victorian London - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLiza Picard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom rag-gatherers to royalty, from fish knives to Freemasons: everyday life in Victorian London.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike its acclaimed companion volumes, \u003ci\u003eElizabeth's London\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRestoration London \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDr Johnson's London\u003c\/i\u003e, 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: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVictoria'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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe period begins with the closing of the Fleet and Marshalsea prisons and ends with the first (steam-operated) Underground trains and the first Gilbert \u0026amp; Sullivan.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiza Picard was born in 1927. She is the bestselling author an acclaimed series of books on the history of London: \u003ci\u003eElizabeth's London\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRestoration London\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDr Johnson's London \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVictorian London. \u003c\/i\u003eHer most recent book, \u003ci\u003eChaucer's People\u003c\/i\u003e, explores the Middle Ages through the lives of the pilgrims in \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe read law at the London School of Economics and was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn, but did not practise. She worked for many years in the office of the Solicitor of the Inland Revenue before retiring to become a full-time author. She lives in London.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45910477045957,"sku":"9780753820902","price":25.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/d7Ts6_gnLv9780753820902.webp?v=1772050747","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/victorian-london-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}