Step into the Victorian underwood of Angel Meadow, the vilest and most dangerous slum of the Industrial Revolution. In the shadow of the world's first cotton mill, 30,000 souls trapped by poverty are fighting for survival as the British Empire is built upon their backs. Thieves and prostitutes keep company with rats in overcrowded lodging houses and deep cellars on the banks of a black river, the Irk. Gangs of 'scuttlers' stalk the streets in pointed, brass-tipped clogs. Those who evade their clutches are hunted down by cholera, typhoid and tuberculosis. Lawless drinking dens and a cold slab in the dead house provide the only relief from this filthy and frightening world. In this shocking book, journalist Dean Kirby takes readers on a hair-raising journey through the gin palaces, alleyways and underground vaults of this nineteenth century Manchester slum considered so diabolical it was re-christened 'hell upon earth' by Friedrich Engels. Enter Angel Meadow if you dare...
Angel Meadow: Victorian Britain's Most Savage Slum
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Author: Kirby, Dean
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9781783831524
Details:
Author: Kirby, Dean
Brand: Pen and Sword History
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 208
Release Date: 31-05-2016
Part Number: 25-30 images
Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9781783831524
