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The Past In Pictures: The Victorians

The Past In Pictures: The Victorians

by JohnMalam (Author)

  • Used

    Paperback 2002

    $4.33

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    Hardcover 1999

    $3.25
Synopsis

This book covers a wide range of historical and social issues within the Victorian period. This includes the Royal Family, inventions, the seaside, hospitals and health, clothes and crime and punishment. Readers are also introduced to the major personalities of the day including Queen Victoria, Brunel, Gladstone and Disraeli and Florence Nightingale. A wide range of visual sources of information are used such as artefacts, contemporary illustrations, photographs and posters to really bring the subject to life.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 48
 Edition: New
 Publisher: Wayland
Published: 18 Apr 2002
ISBN 10: 0750226951
ISBN 13: 9780750226950
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years

Media Reviews
'Contains a collection of contemporary photography, paintings, posters, cartoons and newspaper cuttings that brings the past to life.' -- Infant Projects: Victorians 20030701
Author Bio
John Malam studied history and archaeology at the Universtiy of Birmingham, after which he worked as an archaeologist at the Iron Bridge Gorge museum in Shropshire. He is now an author specialising in information books for children. John also writes a weekly children's book review column for the Manchester Evening News. He lives in Cheshire with his wife, a book designer, and their two children.