TRAFFIC IN INNOCENTS (230 pp.)—Charles Terrot—E. P. Dutton ($3.75). One rainy evening in 1881 a weary, bewildered girl of 17 stood in the middle of London’s bustling King’s Cross Station ...

The book allies us most closely with Quinn le Blanc (not her real name), who is “London’s most talented con woman” and who is assisted by shadowy Mr. Silk.

The book allies us most closely with Quinn le Blanc (not her real name), who is “London’s most talented con woman” and who is assisted by shadowy Mr. Silk.

Adult pick: "Rules for Ruin," by Mimi Matthews Effie Flite is no ordinary Victorian heroine. Raised in a reform home turned ...

Books: Underground Victorian. 2 minute read. TIME. October 21, ... then ships the sixth off to be broken in at his favorite London whorehouse. Meanwhile, his two daughters, ...

One of the most famous books of the Victorian age is The Book of Household Management. ... (London, first edition 1861). It's a useful source for social historians, ...

London: Lost Interiors is an opportunity to glimpse inside the homes of London from a time well before it was common to photograph them – Victorian, Edwardian and early 20th century London.

Books. British Regional Employment Statistics, 1841-1971 by CH Lee (Cambridge University Press, 1979). ... One of the most interesting websites devoted to Victorian London.

In my new book, Modelling the Metropolis, I show how architectural models became a crucial communication tool in Victorian London. They enabled politicians and the wider public to visualise, ...