Victorious century: the United Kingdom, 1800-1906 - VIII

To live in 19th-century Britain was to experience an astonishing series of changes, of a kind for which there was simply no precedent in the human experience.

There were revolutions in transport, communication, work; cities grew vast; scientific ideas made the intellectual landscape unrecognisable.

This was an exhilarating time, but also a horrifying one.

In this book, David Cannadine has created a bold, fascinating new interpretation of the British 19th century in all its energy and dynamism, darkness and vice.