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Historian Sarah Wise talks about victorian slums
Theosophy, the esoteric order founded c. 1885 by Madame Blavatsky, influenced the arts more than has been appreciated: Wassily Kandinsky, for example, was deeplTonight, historian Sarah Wise takes us into the dark side of Victorian London, and the life in the slums, unearthing the lives of the underworld — and in particular we find out what people believed and what they believed in, taking in conventional and uncoventional faith and what some called superstitions. A vibrant and engaging speaker, this talk specially for Treadwell's draws upon work done for her book, The Blackest Streets: The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum. Other books include Inconvenient People: Lunacy, Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in Victorian England and The Italian Boy: Murder and Grave Robbery in 1830s London.
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Dr Sarah Wise | talks |
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Date and Time: |
11 April 2013 at 7:15 pm |
Duration: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
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Venue: |
Treadwell's Books |
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Tickets: |
£7 |
Available from: |
Treadwell's bookshop |
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