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
.
Simon Winchester
Peformed By : Simon Winchester
Harper Collins US
Runtime : 7 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Pre 1900 Arts & Drama
$14.95
The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men. More info...
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Christopher Lee
Peformed By : Anna Massey and Peter Jeffrey
BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 2 hours 30 minutes
Categories : British Pre 1900 Non Fiction British
$22.25
Wonderful... This Sceptred Isle has provided one of the greatest treats for listeners in recent years More info...
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Wendy McElroy
Peformed By : Harry Reasoner, Peter Hackes, and Richard C. Hottelet
Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Ancient Pre 1900 20th Century Social & Economic Knowledge & Learning
$12.95
Germany is historically one of the most important of all nations. Since emerging from its days as a Roman province, Germany (including Prussia) has had a central role in European affairs. It has re... More info...
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David Roberts
Peformed By : Robertson Dean
Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 10 hours
Categories : Adventurers & Explorers Pre 1900
$34.95 $23.95
First it is the tale of four men who, in 1743, were marooned in the Arctic for six years with supplies for only one day, and secondly, it is a contemporary author's search to retrace their steps an... More info...
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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