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.

Tiepolo Blue by James Cahill (2022) "Dulwich, however, is different. An oasis of parks and trees and well-kept Victorian villas in Tudor or Gothic dress, strung out along grass-fringed roads.

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

Books: Mid-Victorian in Exile. 5 minute read. TIME. November 13, 1964 12:00 AM GMT-5. ... Waugh himself was born near London in 1903, given the name Evelyn “from a whim of my mother’s.

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.

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, ...

From the multiverse to a steampunk London — the best new sci-fi books A staple of the genre is given a new twist in Vangie’s Ghosts, while High Vaultage takes readers on a journey into an ...