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The Blackest Streets: The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum
The Blackest Streets The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum
Author: Sarah Wise
A brilliant new book about the seedy side of Victorian London by a talented young historian. — In 1887, government inspectors were sent to report on the horrifying, often lethal, living conditions of the Old Nichol, a notorious 15-acre slum in London?s East End. Among much else, they found that the rotting 100-year-old houses were some of the mos...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781844133314
ISBN-10: 1844133311
Publication Date: 6/26/2009
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Vintage Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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