The gorgeous Georgians
By: Terry Deary ; illustrated by Martin Brown
Contributors: Brown, Martin, 1959-
Series: Horrible histories; Hippo; Horrible histories
Publisher: Scholastic Children's Books; Produced for the Daily Telegraph
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781407102818
Subjects: Great Britain - History; Social life and customs; Great Britain - Social life and customs; Manners and customs; Juvenile literature; History
Description: The timeline of this book goes from 1714 - 1837. It tells of lords and ladies with a personal hygiene problem to the starving and pitiful poor. Want to know: If you would make a good bodysnatcher? What the Georgians did with squashed fish eyes? Who wore false eyebrows made from mouse skin? Read about horrible highwaymen, raging revolutions and plundering pirates. And what about disgusting dentists who used peasants for spare parts, and schoolchildren who went to war with their teachers.
Notes: "Brought to you by The Daily Telegraph."