Darkest and Highest: Victorian Britain and the World
About This Novel
The Victorian era was the peak stage of the development of the British Empire, witnessing its prosperity and expansion. It was a time of rapid development in the urban engineering and transportation industries, dramatic social changes - not least due to rapid urbanization and industrialization - the publication of a number of literary masterpieces, and the invention of many sports that are still popular today. But for most, it was also a time of extreme poverty, widespread child labor and prostitution, high levels of crime, and entrenched class differences, including the Potato Famine in Ireland, concentration camps in Britain during the Boer War, and the abolition of slavery in the United States. For the convenience of readers, this book explores empire and conquest, technological innovation, urban life, health and disease, social customs, crime and punishment, etc. In chapter order to help readers understand all aspects of British social life in the 19th century. The book chronicles the lives of legends such as Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe, and the infamous Jack the Ripper, authentically portraying the era that inspired writers to conceive of classic characters such as Frankenstein, Dracula, detective stories, and even Sherlock Holmes. This book is accompanied by 180 photos and paintings, revealing a two-sided world where glory and poverty coexist, disease and hypocrisy are interdependent.
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