Download or read book A Brief History of Life in Victorian Britain written by Michael Paterson and published by Running Press. This book was released on 2008-12-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Victorian era has dominated the popular imagination like no other period, but the familiarity with later 19th-century stories and history tends to give us a distorted view. Using character portraits and key events, Paterson brings the world of Victorian Britain alive, from the lifestyles of the aristocrats to the depths of the London slums.