One hot summer : Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858
Ashton, Rosemary, 1947-2018
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While 1858 in London may have been noteworthy for its broiling summer months and the related stench of the sewage-filled Thames River, the year is otherwise little remembered. And yet, historian Rosemary Ashton reveals 1858 was marked by significant, if unrecognised, turning points. For ordinary people, and also for the rich, famous, and powerful, the months from May to August turned out to be a summer of consequence. Ashton mines Victorian letters and gossip, diaries, court records, newspapers, and other contemporary sources to uncover historically crucial moments in the lives of three main protagonists - Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, and Benjamin Disraeli. She also introduces others who gained renown in the headlines of the day, among them George Eliot, Karl Marx, William Thackeray, and Bulwer Lytton.
Main title:
One hot summer : Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858 / Rosemary Ashton.
Author:
Ashton, Rosemary, 1947-, author
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2018.
Collation:
viii, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2017.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300238662 (pbk)
Dewey class:
942.1081
LC class:
DA688
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2259675