Children of Light: How Electricity Changed Britain Forever

by Gavin Weightman

In the early 1870's a nighttime view over Britain would have revealed towns lit by the warm glow of gas and oil lamps and a much darker countryside, the only light emanating from the fiery sparks of late running steam trains. However, by the end of this same decade, Victorian Britons would experience a new brilliance in their streets, town halls, and other public places. Electricity had come to town. In Children of Light , Gavin Weightman brings to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848871171
• ISBN13: 9781848871175
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Atlantic Books (UK)
• Length: 282 Pages