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.

THE LETTERS AND PRIVATE PAPERS OF WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY, Volume I: 1817-1840; Volume II: 1841-1851 —Collected and Edited by Gordon N. Ray — Harvard University Press ($12.50).William ...

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, ...

In real life, the author is the toast of London society, a knowing presence at parties and polo matches. In his new book, he skewers the scene’s hypocrisies.

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, ...

This is a highly entertaining novel, but its graphic descriptions of nauseating smells, blood-soaked corpses, the under-age prostitutes, and maltreated children of Victorian London are not for the ...

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

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.

BUY THIS BOOK. Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840–1870 Liza Picard, . . St Martin's, $29.95 (368pp) ISBN 978-0-312-32567-1.

What’s it like to crush on a Victorian man transported to modern London? Kaliane Bradley had to find out. The Ministry of Time author talks to us about writing the runaway hit of the summer ...