Time Travel Guides: The Victorians and London

Author: Tim Cooke Series: Time Travel Guides

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Step back in time to discover life in London during the reign of Queen Victoria with this handy time travel guidebook

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Summary

Step back in time to discover life in London during the reign of Queen Victoria with this handy time travel guidebook

Description

Step back in time to discover life in London during the reign of Queen Victoria with this handy time travel guidebook

Travel back in time to Victorian London and find out all about life and culture there. Get ready to visit a cotton mill, drink coffee in one of new coffee houses and watch the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace!

Like modern travel guides, the books in this series highlight must-see features and explain local culture. Each highlighted destination contains an explanation of what took part in these areas, as well as a look at important artefacts found there providing a bigger picture of life in the past. Typical travel guide notes include, 'best time to visit', 'what to eat' and 'where to stay'. Perfect for the KS2 history curriculum, and for readers aged 7 and up.

Contents:

London

Putting London on the map

Out and about

Victorian homes

Christmas

The East End

Stroll along the river

Victorian children

Health and medicine

Booming Britain

Time off

Buckingham Palace

Visit quick!

Glossary

Further information

Index

Books in this series:

The Maya and Chichen Itza

Roman Britain and Londinium

The Stone Age and Skara Brae

Viking Britain and Jorvik

The Ancient Greeks and Athens

The Shang Dynasty and Yin

The Victorians and London

The Ancient Egyptians and Thebes

About the Author

Tim Cooke is a graduate of Oxford University. He has worked in children's publishing for over 20 years, and has written or contributed to dozens of books on a wide range of subjects. Among his publications as writer or editor are numerous sets about military history, particularly the American Revolution, the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the Vietnam War. He has also written extensively about general history, both ancient and modern.