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But there was also appalling poverty and exploitation and, for the labouring classes, pay was pitifully low, the hours long and job security non-existent.
Liza Picard shows us the physical reality of daily life. She takes us into schools and prisons, churches and cemeteries. At least until the 1850's, London was a city of cholera outbreaks, transportation to Australia, public executions and the workhouse, where children could be sold by their parents for as little as £12.
In Victorian London,
Liza Picard
recreates the splendour and misery, the inventiveness and energy, the vices and pleasures of that extraordinary age.
Anton Lesser
has played many of the principal roles for the
Royal Shakespeare Company
. He is also active in radio and spoken word audio, with a range from
Paradise Lost
and
Homer
to
Shakespeare
. He is particularly known for recording the novels of
Charles Dickens
, having won a
Spoken Word Award
for
Great Expectations
, For Orion, he has also read
The Runes of the Earth
by
Stephen Donaldson
.
Talking of History Number 2: Cardinal WolseyWritten By : Berwick CoatesNarrated By : Berwick CoatesPublished By : Berwick CoatesRuntime : 47 minutesCategories : Pre 1900
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Six Wives of Henry VIII, TheWritten By : Antonia FraserNarrated By : Isla BlairPublished By : Orion Publishing GroupRuntime : 7 hoursCategories : British
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Eyewitness 1920 - 1929Written By : VariousNarrated By : VariousPublished By : BBC Audiobooks LtdRuntime : 3 hours 40 minutesCategories : 20th Century
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Monarchy of England, The: The BeginningsWritten By : David StarkeyNarrated By : Tim Piggot-SmithPublished By : Harper Collins UKRuntime : 5 hours 16 minutesCategories : Royalty and Heads of State
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