What the Victorians Did for Us

Hart-Davis, Adam

ISBN 10: 0755310101 / ISBN 13: 9780755310104

Published by Headline, 2001

About this Item

1st edition, 2001. Original pictorial dustjacket VG. Black cloth gilt clean. Pages very clean & tight. No inscriptions. Well illustrated, in colour. 224 pages.

Seller Inventory # ABE-12230653096

Bibliographic Details

• Title: What the Victorians Did for Us
• Publisher: Headline
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0755310101
• ISBN 13: 9780755310104
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • British History

About this title

Synopsis

The Victorian era was a time of extraordinary prosperity and development in Britain. Britain was a world leader in steam engines, iron and steel production, cotton and woollen mills and international trade; an explosion of power and pride that was celebrated in the Great Exhibition of 1851.

Adam Hart-Davis, who presented 'What the Romans Did for Us' in a highly acclaimed television series and contributed the Introduction to the accompanying book, is a renaissance man - brilliant at elucidating and explaining. This is a celebration of Victorian achievements and a reflection of the fact that we still live in a Victorian world.

About the Author

Adam Hart-Davis was educated at Eton and Oxford. He is best known for presenting on BBC2 'What the Romans Did for Us' and 'Local Heroes'. He also presents science programmes on Radio 4.