One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858

by Rosemary Ashton

Book Overview

A unique, in-depth view of Victorian London during the record-breaking summer of 1858, when residents both famous and now-forgotten endured "The Great Stink" together

While 1858 in London may have been noteworthy for its broiling summer months and the related stench of the sewage-filled Thames River, the year is otherwise little remembered. And yet, historian Rosemary Ashton reveals in this compelling microhistory, 1858 was marked by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300227264
• ISBN13: 9780300227260
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.4"