Cover art for Awfully Ancient: Thomas Crapper, Corsets and Cruel Britannia
Published
Wayland, June 2016
ISBN
9780750289986
Format
Softcover, 32 pages
Dimensions
21.8cm × 6.4cm × 0.4cm

Awfully Ancient: Thomas Crapper, Corsets and Cruel Britannia A seedy history of the vexing Victorians! by

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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...

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