Orphans of empire : the fate of London's foundlings / Helen Berry.
Eighteenth-century London was teeming with humanity, and poverty was never far from politeness. Legend has it that, on his daily commute through this thronging metropolis, Captain Thomas Coram witnessed one of the city's most shocking sights-the widespread abandonment of infant corpses by the r...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Norlin Library - Stacks
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HV847.G8 B47 2019
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| HV847.G8 B47 2019 | Available Place a Hold |