Public schools were in the business of producing leaders
- in national government in the Empire & in the armed forces. Their impact
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Its not all longing looks across the dining room from that high-class gentleman! Life as a Victorian servant was tough tough tough! Discover the bizarre & oh-so-strict rules one had to keep to when serving the dignitaries in Victorian Servants: A Very Peculiar History". Rise up through the ranks from washerwoman to housemaid to ladies maid & beyond but mind you dont keep any followers as boyfriends are immoral & are strictly not allowed! While you wait on hand & foot from 5.30 am to 11 pm you wont even have time to rest your own. The chamber pots are certainly not to be sniffed at & remember if the bell rings once you are wanted. Its hard work but its better than the alternative: begging returning home penniless or heading to the workhouse. Youll discover stories of suffering & household tips galore in " Victorian Servants: A Very Peculiar History"!" ...

Jeremy Paxmans unique portrait of the Victorian world takes readers on an exciting journey through the birth of modern Britain. Using the paintings of the era as a starting point he tells us stories of urban life family faith industry & empire that helped define the Victorian spirit & imagination. To Paxman these paintings were the television of their day & his exploration of Victorian art & society shows how these artists were chronicling a world changing before their eyes. This enthralling history is Paxman at his best
- opinionated informed witty surprising
- & a glorious reminder of how the Victorians made us who we are today.

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In The Victorians" Jeremy Paxman offers his personal take on the most important & influential period of our national past. Using the paintings of the era as his starting point
- in his view the one mode of Victorian art yet to be rescued from indifference
- Paxman explores themes of family urban life industry empire & imagination to uncover truths (and explode some myths) about Victorian Britain. To Paxman these paintings were the television of their day immensely popular visual narratives that attracted crowds by the hundreds of thousands: a single picture show featuring Elizabeth Butler's Balaclava (depicting survivors of the Charge of the Light Brigade) drew 50 000 viewers some of them openly weeping. The Victorians shows how artists like Butler William Powell Frith Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema Luke Fildes & Ford Madox Brown were chronicling a world changing before their eyes & his overview ranges across the whole of Victorian life & culture: from high gothic architecture to the birth of the football league from the novels of Dickens to the technological marvels of Brunel. Published to coincide with a landmark BBC series " The Victorians" is an opinionated informed surprising & hugely enthusiastic appraisal of the birth of modern Britain
- a glorious reminder of how the Victorians made us who we are today."


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People not abstract ideas make history & nowhere is this more revealed than in A. N. Wilsons superb portrait of the Victorians ...

A picture can say a thousand words & the images caught on camera during the Victorian & Edwardian periods provide a fascinating insight into the lives of Britons during this time. Take a step back between 1840 & 1910 & explore the pastimes hobbies sports & other entertainments enjoyed by the Victorians & Edwardians through the rich variety of photographs & vintage postcards in this beautiful album. A world we usually see in monochrome or sepia is presented here in vivid colour bringing the Victorian & Edwardian people a little closer to us. 128 pages are packed with images of people on the golf course playing croquet & tennis sports days & football matches. We see visits to the zoo cruises on river boats & paddle steamers fairground & pleasure beach excursions days at the races & other more unusual pursuits all of which tell the story of social life 100 to 160 years ago. Go on take a look! ...

? By the time the first photographs were taken at war in the late 1840s the idea that the camera cannot lie was already firmly embedded in the Victorian psyche. Truthful in a way the work of the war artist could never be despite the initially long exposures & cumbersome equipment cameras have been used to document war ever since the celebrated photographs of Roger Fenton in the Crimea. Through a rich selection of images
- many of them never before published
- this book tells the story of the photographers who chronicled Britains Victorian & Edwardian wars & those who fought in them.

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A picture can say a thousand words & the images caught on camera during the Victorian & Edwardian periods provide a fascinating insight into the lives of Britons during this time. Take a step back between 1840 & 1910 & explore the world of work & working conditions experienced by the Victorians & Edwardians through the rich variety of photographs & vintage postcards in this beautiful album. A world we usually see in monochrome or sepia is presented here in vivid colour bringing the Victorian & Edwardian people a little closer to us.128 pages are packed with images of shipyards factories bakeries & life in the forces. We see the men & women who made cutlery in Sheffield the women who gutted & packed the herring in the east coast fishing ports & the women who worked the coal screens in Lancashires many collieries as well as some tongue in cheek Victorian images of domestic life visiting the dentist & many other themes & subjects all of which tell the story of working life 100 to 160 years ago. Go on take a look! ...

The Victorians & Edwardians on the Move" reveals how the Victorians & Edwardians moved around their towns their cities & their country. From Shankss pony to the dawn of the motor car it explores the relationship between developing transport systems & the working & social lives of Britons between 1840 & 1910. The increasing ease of transport changed how the Victorians & Edwardians viewed their country & had a huge impact on every aspect of their lives. Through a rich collection of Victorian photographs & Edwardian postcards this book tells their story." ...

Tori Vega has always lived in the shadow of her diva-like sister Trina who attends the very cool & exclusive stage school Hollywood Arts. But when Trina falls victim to a food allergy just as shes about to sing in her schools concert its up to Tori to save the show. Tori rocks the solo with her amazing voice & is immediately accepted into Hollywood Arts! But a new school brings new drama
- & although Tori makes great friends & even meets a very cute boy theres one girl who isnt exactly Toris biggest fan... With character profiles puzzles & quizzes this annual captures all the fashion the music & the comedy from the hit show!
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