The day Parliament burned down
This book positions the day of the fire (16 October 1834) in the political and social context of the early 19th century, including the slums of Wesminster and the expansion of the West-End, the plight of the London Irish, child labor, corruption in high places, the Great Reform Act and the new Poor Law, and the parlous state of public buildings and records in the Georgian period
Print Book, English, 2012
Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2012