Author: Williams, Alastair
Title: What the Victorians didn't do for us : a collection of their useless advice
Description: Chichester : Summersdale 2005. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 126 pages; Physical desc. : 126 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Great Britain --Social life and customs --19th century --History --Social History --Humour --Social and cultural history c1800 to c1900. Summary: Did you know that washing your teeth with charcoal was once believed to make them whiter? Or that Victorian ladies were encouraged to drink vinegar in order to appear pale and delicate? The Victorians may have given us the Industrial Revolution and advances in medicine and science. but they also relied on child labour and extolled the benefits of opium. From the strange to the downright unsavoury. learn 'What the Victorians Didn't Do For Us'.ISBN: 1840244682.

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