The London Underworld in the Victorian Period - Authentic First-Person Accounts by Beggars, Thieves and Prostitutes by Henry Mayhew

The London Underworld in the Victorian Period - Authentic First-Person Accounts by Beggars, Thieves and Prostitutes

Henry Mayhew

806 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime informative slow-paced
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This vintage book contains Henry Mayhew's account of the London Underworld during the Victorian period, constructed from authentic first-person accounts by beggars, thieves and prostitutes. Hailed as the first and perhaps greatest sociological stu...

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