Thomas Crapper, corsets and cruel Britannia

By Peter Hepplewhite

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Great britain, history, Public health, Child and youth non-fiction, Social conditions, History, Great britain, history, juvenile literature

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...--