Bøker av Gavin Weightman

A timely history of the neglected figure of Daniel Sutton--the medical revolutionary who paved the way for present-day vaccination

In 1885, W. T. Stead published an account of a girl of thirteen being sold by her mother to a brothel where her virginity would be highly prized. The story of the GBP5 virgin was a sensation, one of the greatest scandals of the Victorian era. But soon the story began to unravel...

Provides the information you need to take your own home back in time, to discover who built it, how it was used, and even how it looked. This title includes: how to use maps to track the changing landscape of your area; how to identify the style of your home and when it was built; and, detailed information on key resources.

International in its sweep, vivid in its execution and original in its argument, this 'meticulous and fascinating' (Guardian) account of the worldwide industrial revolution.