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Something – no-one knows quite what – is haunting the foggy backstreets of 18th century London. Innocent folk are being killed in their beds. Priests from a mysterious cult are taking away the bodies. Septimus Slim and his criminal friends hope to leave the country. They steal a golden statue from the cultists, but they are utterly unprepared for what comes next. As their dreams turn into nightmares… Fans of classic SF/Fantasy will enjoy The Curse of the Crocodile Queen, a historical fantasy story filled with suspense and mystery – and hugely believable characters.
The overlooked story of how ordinary women and their husbands managed financially in the Victorian era – and why so many struggled despite increasing national prosperityNineteenth century Britain saw remarkable economic growth and a rise in real wages. But not everyone shared in the nation’s wealth. Unable to earn a sufficient income themselves, working-class women were reliant on the ‘breadwinner wage’ of their husbands. When income failed, or was denied or squandered by errant men, families could be plunged into desperate poverty from which there was no escape.Emma Griffin unlocks the homes of Victorian England to examine the lives – and finances – of the people who lived there. Drawing on over 600 working-class autobiographies, including more than 200 written by women, Bread Winner changes our understanding of daily life in Victorian Britain.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1955.
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