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A Grim Almanac of the Workhouse (Grim Almanacs)
Peter Higginbotham
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For two centuries, the shadow of the workhouse hung over Britain. The recourse of only the most desperate, dark and terrible tales of malnutrition, misery, mistreatment and murder ran like wildfire through the poorer classes, who lived in terror of being forced inside the institution's towering walls. This book contains 365 incredible tales of fires, drownings, explosions and disasters, infamous scandals such as the Andover affair - where inmates were forced to eat the bones they were supposed to be crushing to ward off starvation - and sickening tales of abuse, assault, bodysnatching, poisonings, post mortems ... Read more
For two centuries, the shadow of the workhouse hung over Britain. The recourse of only the most desperate, dark and terrible tales of malnutrition, misery, mistreatment and murder ran like wildfire through the poorer classes, who lived in terror of being forced inside the institution's towering walls. This book contains 365 incredible tales of fires, drownings, explosions and disasters, infamous scandals such as the Andover affair - where inmates were forced to eat the bones they were supposed to be crushing to ward off starvation - and sickening tales of abuse, assault, bodysnatching, poisonings, post mortems ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752487397
SKU
V9780752487397
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Ref
99-2
About Peter Higginbotham
Peter Higginbotham runs the website workhouses.org.uk. His previous titles include Life in a Victorian Workhouse, Voices from the Workhouse, The Workhouse Cookbook, The Workhouse Encyclopedia, Workhouses of the Midlands, and Workhouses of the North.
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