Life in Victorian Britain

Life in Victorian Britain describes and vividly illustrates the Victorians at work, at home, at school and at leisure against a background of aston...

Written at a time of social unrest in Victorian Britain and set in London at the time of the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots, Dickens's brooding novel o...

Voices: Son of the Circus - A Victorian Story explores the life of a young mixed-race boy, Ted, living with his mother and poorly younger brother i...

John Tyndall was a leading scientific figure in Victorian Britain, who established the physical basis of the greenhouse effect, and why the sky is ...

Reducere. Nineteenth-century Britain was then the world's most prosperous nation, yet Victorians would bury meat in earth and wring sheets out in boiling wat...

Part of the NEW Ginn History series, these colourful KS2 pupil books cover key moments in world history. The series includes Victorian Britain, Anc...

Part of the NEW Ginn History series, these colourful KS2 pupil books cover key moments in world history. The series includes Victorian Britain, Anc...

Take an in-depth look in stunning detail at one of the most exciting periods in British history in this handy pocket-sized book bursting with giant...

In a society that defined manhood as a mastery of self-control, the madman stood as a horrifying example of what could go wrong. Out of His Mind is...

DescriptionWilliam Powell Frith (1819-1909), famous for his picture The Derby Day which normally hangs at Tate Britain, was the most celebrated pai...

The overlooked story of how ordinary women and their husbands managed financially in the Victorian era - and why so many struggled despite increasi...

Reducere. A compilation of essays from the English Historical Fiction Authors blog, this book provides a wealth of historical information from Roman Britain ...

DescriptionThis book re-examines the relationship between Britain and colonial slavery in a crucial period in the birth of modern Britain. Drawing ...

Reducere. The two years spent in Transylvania were among the most agreeable of sixteen years’ acquaintance with Austrian military life, and I shall always lo...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Victorian Era, then keep reading...When Queen Victoria stepped onto the throne of Great Brit...

DescriptionIf you want to discover the captivating history of the Victorian Era, then keep reading...When Queen Victoria stepped onto the throne of...

It is 1900, the dawn of a new century. Even as the old Queen's health fails, Victorian Britain stands monumental and strong upon a mountain of tech...

DescriptionThe British public school is an iconic institution, a training ground for the ruling elite and a symbol of national identity and traditi...

Reducere. "An honourable and gallant gentleman, and a faithful colleague who served his country well at the time of her greatest need." Winston Churchill.Cle...

Reducere. Dorian Gray is having his picture painted by Basil Hallward, who is charmed by his looks. But when Sir Henry Wotton visits and seduces Dorian into ...

Politicians claim social mobility is real - a just reward for ambition and hard work. This book proves otherwise.From servants' children who became...

"A tour de force of storytelling. One of the best books I've read this year. Dean Jobb breathes new life into Cream's victims--who they were, where...