ARGONAUT BOOKS

In the Victorian era, the Old Nichol was a notorious slum in London's East End. Its squalid living conditions became a public scandal. Sarah Wise explores the real lives behind the public outrage, laying bare the social and political conditions of the Old Nichol. Reviews The Blackest Streets is an excellent and intelligent investigation of the realities of urban living that respond to no design or directive...This is a book about the nature of London itselfThe Times - Peter AckroydA revelatory book...beaming the light of impartial historical research into the horrible dens a...Read More