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A portrait of Victorian London describes how the mid-nineteenth-century city was transformed by expanding suburbs, transportation innovations, and advances in medicine, in an account based on previously unpublished diaries that offer insight into the era's transitional role between older and modern codes of conduct. By the author of Elizabeth's London. 20,000 first printing.
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"Arch and conversational in tone, Picard's history is an informative treat."---"Publishers Weekly"
"Picard has made a career of writing about London during particular historical eras, and in her Victorian volume she retains the wry tone that makes her social histories so entertaining."---"Library Journal"
Praise for "Elizabeth's London"
"It's a marvelous book, and only Liza Picard could have written it."---"Boston"" Globe"
"Lively guide to Elizabethan England."---"Washington"" Post"
"The detail is rich and remarkable."---"Kirkus Reviews"
Praise for "Victorian London"
"Arch and conversational in tone, Picard's history is an informative treat."---"Publishers Weekly"
"Picard has made a career of writing about London during particular historical eras, and in her Victorian volume she retains the wry tone that makes her social histories so entertaining."---"Library Journal"
Praise for "Elizabeth's London"
"It's a marvelous book, and only Liza Picard could have written it."---"Boston"" Globe"
"Lively guide to Elizabethan England."---"Washington"" Post"
"The detail is rich and remarkable."---"Kirkus Reviews"
Praise for "Victorian London"
“Arch and conversational in tone, Picard’s history is an informative treat.”---"Publishers Weekly"
“Picard has made a career of writing about London during particular historical eras, and in her Victorian volume she retains the wry tone that makes her social histories so entertaining.”---"Library Journal"
Praise for "Elizabeth’s London"
“It’s a marvelous book, and only Liza Picard could have written it.”---"Boston"" Globe"
“Lively guide to Elizabethan England.”---"Washington"" Post"
“The detail is rich and remarkable.”---"Kirkus Reviews"
Praise for "Victorian London"
"Arch and conversational in tone, Picard's history is an informative treat."---"Publishers Weekly"
"Picard has made a career of writing about London during particular historical eras, and in her Victorian volume she retains the wry tone that makes her social histories so entertaining."---"Library Journal"
Praise for "Elizabeth's London"
"It's a marvelous book, and only Liza Picard could have written it."---"Boston"" Globe"
"Lively guide to Elizabethan England."---"Washington"" Post"
"The detail is rich and remarkable."---"Kirkus Reviews"
Praise for "Victorian London"
"Arch and conversational in tone, Picard's history is an informative treat."---"Publishers Weekly"
"Picard has made a career of writing about London during particular historical eras, and in her Victorian volume she retains the wry tone that makes her social histories so entertaining."---"Library Journal"
Praise for "Elizabeth's London"
"It's a marvelous book, and only Liza Picard could have written it."---"Boston"" Globe"
"Lively guide to Elizabethan England."---"Washington"" Post"
"The detail is rich and remarkable."---"Kirkus Reviews"
"Arch and conversational in tone, Picard's history is an informative treat."---"Publishers Weekly"
"Picard has made a career of writing about London during particular historical eras, and in her Victorian volume she retains the wry tone that makes her social histories so entertaining."---"Library Journal"
Arch and conversational in tone, Picard's history is an informative treat. "Publishers Weekly"
Picard has made a career of writing about London during particular historical eras, and in her Victorian volume she retains the wry tone that makes her social histories so entertaining. "Library Journal""
"Arch and conversational in tone, Picard's history is an informative treat." --Publishers Weekly
"Picard has made a career of writing about London during particular historical eras, and in her Victorian volume she retains the wry tone that makes her social histories so entertaining." --Library Journal
Liza Picard was born in 1927. She read law at the London School of Economics and was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn, but did not practice. She worked in London for many years in the office of the Solicitor of Inland Revenue until she retired in 1987. She now lives in Oxford. Picard is also the author of the critically acclaimed Elizabeth's London, Restoration London and Dr. Johnson's London.
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