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Victorian Britain

By Tim Locke

What can Victorian buildings reveal about new technology, changing lives and surprising social secrets?

informative architectural detailed accessible

Genres

Non-fiction History Art

What is Victorian Britain about?

Step into Victorian Britain and discover how buildings reveal the story of a changing nation. Explore grand railway stations, impressive public buildings and ornate homes, alongside police stations, shopping arcades, libraries and sports grounds. Each place offers clues about new technology, growing towns, changing fashions and the different ways people lived, worked and spent their leisure time. With fascinating details and striking examples, this book shows how Victorian architecture reflected the hopes, habits and social changes of the age.

Pages

32 pages

Reading age

Junior (8-13)

This edition

2012

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