All About History: Dark History of the Victorians [electronic resource]

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Summary

Pull back the curtain on the prudish Victorians and uncover their deepest, darkest secrets… From the morbid obsession with death and the strict mourning rituals to the terrifying criminal underworld of 19th-century Britain, explore the reality of Victorian life that the history books glossed over. Find out how behind the imposing, picture-perfect promenades of London lurked disease, deprivation and despair for the city’s poorest denizens, and discover the atrocities committed in the name of the British Empire.