The year that shaped the Victorian age : lives, loves and letters of 1845 / Michael Wheeler.

"The challenges facing England in the crucible of 1845 included the poor law; a failed harvest and Irish potato blight; John Henry Newman's conversion to Rome; and railway expansion, in the context of which frequent accidents endangered lives and 'railway mania' led to the ruin o...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Wheeler, Michael, 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
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