The years 1840 to 1870 were years of dramatic change and achievement in London. As suburbs expanded and roads multiplied, the city was ripped apart to build railway lines and stations. Many practical innovations, such as flushing lavatories, underground railways, umbrellas and letter-boxes, were introduced.
But there was also appalling poverty and exploitation and, for the labouring classes, pay was pitifully low, the hours long and job security non-existent.
Liza Picard
shows us the physical reality of daily life. She takes us into schools and prisons, churches and cemeteries. At least until the 1850's, London was a city of cholera outbreaks, transportation to Australia, public executions and the workhouse, where children could be sold by their parents for as little as £12.
In Victorian London,
Liza Picard
recreates the splendour and misery, the inventiveness and energy, the vices and pleasures of that extraordinary age.
Anton Lesser
has played many of the principal roles for the
Royal Shakespeare Company
. He is also active in radio and spoken word audio, with a range from
Paradise Lost
and
Homer
to
Shakespeare
. He is particularly known for recording the novels of
Charles Dickens
, having won a
Spoken Word Award
for
Great Expectations
, For Orion, he has also read
The Runes of the Earth
by
Stephen Donaldson
.
Joanna Bourke
Narrator : Tim Pigott-Smith
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 4 hours 30 minutes
Categories : 20th Century British Social & Economic Music Related
Price : $24.49
Authentic voices from the past illustrate this unique history of the Twentieth Century, wtitten by Joanna Bourke and presented by Tim Pigott-Smith. View...
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Christopher Lee
Narrator : Anna Massey
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 3 hours
Categories : Non Fiction British Pre 1900
Price : $22.25
Lee's history of Britain provides the definitive radio account of the events and personalities that have shaped our nation. From foreign invasions and war to economic crises and social revolution... View...
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Wendy McElroy
Narrator : Harry Reasoner, Peter Hackes, and Richard C. Hottelet
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 3 hours
Categories : 20th Century British World Knowledge & Learning
Price : $12.95
By the end of World War I, Britain had promised control of Palestine to both Arabs and Jews. Each of these peoples claimed a longstanding right to the same piece of land, and violence was inevitabl... View...
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Christopher Lee
Narrator : Juliet Stevenson
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 7 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Non Fiction British Pre 1900
Price : $31.99
The new Sceptred Isle - the master storyteller is back! Vol 2 of the eagerly-awaited follow-up to Christopher Lee's highly-acclaimed... View...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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