| Subcategories | | Condition (condition-type) | | • | New | | • | Used |
|
|
|
|
Victorian London (TAPE) | 
 enlarge | Author: Liza Picard
Creator: Anton Lesser
Publisher: Orion
Category: Book
List Price: £13.99
Buy New: £10.49
You Save: £3.50 (25%)
New (1) Used (1) from £7.20
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 549653
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4 x 1.3
ISBN: 0752872192
EAN: 9780752872193
ASIN: 0752872192
Publication Date: August 25, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
| |
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 History can be fun March 25, 2007
D. G. ELDON (Hong Kong)
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
Not given to review writing, I could not resist this one. The only other book I have ever rated was Stephen Inwood's very excellent History of London which (I note) is Ms Picard's favourite - but her narrow period of history caught my eye browsing one day, and I have thoroughly enjoyed a book of fact dotted with fun. Not, probably, for the serious historian but if my school history book had been written like this I would have remembered a lot more of it. Now I must go - I'm off to buy another fun book of history by Ms Picard.
Fascinating read March 4, 2007
ZM (London, UK)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
I too came across this book by chance - and found I couldn't put it down once I started reading. Unlike some other reviewers, I liked the fact that it wasn't a 'heavy' history book (not to say it doesn't provide a mine of information, however). Rather than dry analysis of the political/industrial/scientific developments of the period, everything was referred back to the impact on the people, their responses, their thoughts. It paints a rich picture of what Victorian life was like for people of all classes - which was what I was looking for.
The chapters are divided by subject area (railways, health, women, class etc) - and don't necessarily need to be read chronologically. The reviewer who found the first couple of chapters boring might have found more interest going further into the book first - the chapter on health, for example was a real eye opener.
I really like Liza Picard's style of writing. She clearly picks some anecdotes for the amusement (and astonishment) of the reader, and dots the book with her own wry observations (many of which made me giggle). This makes what is potentially a hard-going subject very easy to read. Charming, in fact.
I am delighted to find she has written about other periods - and am off to purchase them!
 Like reading a dictionary October 11, 2006
Ms. K. Hemingway (UK)
3 out of 31 found this review helpful
I made it through the 1st 4 chapters and found it to be boring. If you are looking for chapter after chapter of descriptions of what London was like at the time with no story line, then I would by this book. Other wise there are many other books about London by Sara Waters that are a heck of a lot more interesting.
Queen Victoria's Legacy September 6, 2006
J. Chippindale (England)
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
stumbled on Liza Picard's books quite by chance. After looking at the publishing date in some of the books it is apparent some of them have been around for several years. I am now recommending them to anyone and everyone and I am so glad I stumbled across the first one I read on a rainy afternoon, lonely and far away from home. I have now read them all.
As soon as you start to read the book it becomes apparent that the author is passionate about her subject and wants the reader to enjoy the reading experience as much as she has in the writing of it. Liza Picard presents an enthralling picture of how life in London in the Victorian era was really lived. The Victorian era covers a large span in years and was a time when the world was changing more quickly than at any period in its history. A magical, mystical period in the history of a great City.
Liza Picard was born in 1927. She read law and qualified as a barrister but did not practice. Quite where she gleaned all this information from I am not sure. That it was a labour of love is obvious to anyone who reads her books and I for one am grateful.
An entertaining read September 4, 2005
64 out of 68 found this review helpful
I found Victorian London to be entertaining, full of enthusiasm for the subject full of enjoyable facts, large and small. All in all, highly enjoyable. A bit lightweight in places, but nothing wrong in that. Yet it is exactly the same book as the reviewer from Edinburgh loathed with a passion bordering on hate. Yes, there are more serious history books available and yes, if you are fortunate, you could go visit your local folk museum. None of which seems to warrant one of the most damning reviews I have read on Amazon. I urge you to read the book yourself. It will tell you more about London than you could possibly imagine.
|
|
|
www.pcprotech.co.uk | |
