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The Blackest Streets: The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum
The Blackest Streets The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum Author:Sarah Wise Set in a turbulent period in England, the book highlights the horrors and hypocrisies surrounding a late-19th century slum known as Old Nichol. Sarah Wise turns a light on the ?respectable? commentators of the time, laying bare a black hole at the heart of the Empire.