Parker Shona - How The Victorians Lived - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: The Victorian era is arguably the most exciting and invigorating reign of an English monarch ever and one of progress on a massive scale. By the time Queen Victoria died in 1901, England was almost unrecognisable. The Victorians neatly avoided revolution built upon what the Georgians started and turned the country into a political powerhouse which ran the biggest Empire the world had ever seen. Meanwhile Victorian writers and journalists were observing questioning and recording for prosperity the life and times of what would become known as the Victorian era: a steady relentless building of the modern world. Using quotes from Victorian literature _ How the Victorians Lived_ will help you on your way to understanding how society coped with the upheaval of the industrial revolution during one of the most innovative centuries England has ever seen. This book is a detailed exploration of the daily lives of mainly working - and middle - class Victorians. It recreates the remarkable and wondrous world of the English Victorians: their traditions their expectations their hopes and their fears and how these have shaped the society we live in today.
Title: How The Victorians Lived
Author(s): Parker Shona
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Barcode: 9781399056663
Pages: 224 Pages, 32 Mono Illustrations; 32 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 8/13/2024
Category: Social & Cultural History