One Hot Summer: Dickens Darwin Disraeli And The Great Stink Of 1858 Rosemary Ashton Yale University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

A Unique Colorful View Of Victorian London When Residents Both Famous And Now-Forgotten Endured “The Great Stink” Across One Hot Summer​ While 1858 In May Have Been Noteworthy For Its Broiling Summer Months The Related Stench Sewage-Filled Thames River Year Is Otherwise Little Remembered Yet Historian Rosemary Ashton Reveals This Compelling Microhistory Was Marked By Significant If Unrecognized Turning Points Ordinary People Also Rich Powerful From To August Turned Out Be Consequence Mines Letters Gossip Diaries Court Records Newspapers Other Contemporary Sources Uncover Historically Crucial Moments Lives Three Protagonists—Charles Dickens Charles Darwin Benjamin Disraeli She Introduces Others Who Gained Renown Headlines Day Among Them George Eliot Karl Marx William Thackeray Edward Bulwer Lytton Invisible Threads Connection Londoners At Every Social Level Bringing Celebrated City Citizens Vibrantly Life Σελίδες: 352 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0710 Διαστάσεις: 12 7X12 7Cm