Thomas Crapper, corsets and cruel Britannia
Subtitle: a grim history of the vexing Victorians!
By: Peter Hepplewhite ; illustrator, Tom Morgan-Jones
Contributors: Morgan-Jones, Tom, illustrator
Series: Awfully ancient; Awfully ancient
Publisher: Wayland
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780750279918; 9780750293594; 9780750289986
Subjects: Social conditions; Public health; Juvenile literature; History
Description: Welcome to the incredible Industrial Revolution! Grab a pie, peruse the past with us and discover all there is to know about the Victorians: from pioneering plumbing and constricting corsets to choking chimneys. Why were pea-soupers perilous? Why were Victorian streets teeming with turds? Who spent their childhood up chimneys? Dig into this diary of days gone by and find the answers to these valuable Victorian questions and many more...--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.