Victorian People, by Asa Briggs

Victorian People, Reassessments of People, Institutions, Ideas and Events, 1851–1867
Asa Briggs

From the fly: In this book Asa Briggs sets out to explore mid-Victorian England from the Great Exhibition of 1851 through the Crimean War to the Second Reform Bill of 1867 by studying interesting personalities who both reflected and influenced the conditions of their time. Taken together they unfold a whole historical landscape.

Hardback with dust jacket in cellophane wrapper. Fair-good condition. Dust jacket creased and rubbed at the corners. Inside pages slightly yellowed at the edges but in good condition.

317 pages
B&W plates
143 mm x 214 mm (approx. 5.75 in x 8.5 in)
Undated (1954?), Odhams Press Ltd, London