Orphans of Empire: The Fate of London's Foundlings

ISBN-13: 9780198758488 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 384 str.

Helen Berry

Opis

The fascinating story of what happened to the orphaned and abandoned children of the London Foundling Hospital, and the consequences of Georgian philanthropy. From serving Britain's growing global empire in the Royal Navy, to the suffering of child workers in the Industrial Revolution, the Foundling Hospital was no simple act of charity.

Recenzje

clear and instructive ... rphans of Empire makes a significant contribution to the history of the Foundling Hospital Susannah Ottaway, Cultural and Social History

O autorze

Helen Berry is Professor of British History at Newcastle University. She studied history at the University of Durham and Jesus College, Cambridge, and has published extensively on the social history of Georgian Britain. A prizewinning Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, this is her third book. www.helenberry.net