Welcome to the incredible Industrial Revolution! Grab a pie, peruse the past with us and discover all there is to know about the Victorians: from pioneering plumbing and constricting corsets to choking chimneys.

Why were pea-soupers perilous? Why were Victorian streets teeming with turds? Who spent their childhood up chimneys?

Dig into this diary of days gone by and find the answers to these valuable Victorian questions and many more...

This book is part of a book series called Awfully Ancient .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Hachette Children's Group .

Tom Morgan-Jones is an award winning illustrator whose work has appeared everywhere from children's books to buses and milk cartons to magazines. He has a sideline in satirical board games, and his work in this area is held in major collections including the V&A, Bodleian Library and GOMA, and has been exhibited in the Berlin Academy of Arts. Peter Hepplewhite is a former history teacher, currently working as an education officer for Tyne & Wear Archives Service.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Vexing Victorians
• 2: Chilling Childhood
• 3: Cruel Schools
• 4: Wicked Work
• 5: Killer Coal
• 6: Horrific Houses
• 7: Rotten Railways
• 8: Horrible Hospitals
• 9: Troubled Toilets
• 10: Foul Food
• 11: Killer Corsets
• 12: Cruel Britannia
• 13: Fine Funerals
• 14: Glossary
• 15: More Information