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The Victorians

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The Victorians

Queen Victoria's life and times

Websites to visit

Who was Queen Victoria?
Discover fascinating facts about Victoria, born over 200 years ago.

Queen Victoria scrapbook
See hand-written diary entries, photos and film clips.

Victoria and Albert's holiday home
Take a 360° tour of Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.

Quick facts about Victoria
Find out more about Victoria, her family and even her nickname.

Victoria's children
Discover the life stories of Victoria and Albert's nine children.

A little crown for Victoria
See a coronet, a small crown, designed by Prince Albert.

Royal dress-up kit
Disguise yourself as Victoria or Albert, read a guide to Victorian England, and much more!

Victorian timeline
Click on "Victorians" then "About the Victorians".

Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
Watch celebrations marking 60 years of Queen Victoria's reign in 1897.

Hard work and hard times

Websites to visit

Why did children work?
Explore children's jobs in factories, mines, farms and other places. (Click on the playlist.)

If you lived in Victorian times...
Try a quiz about the type of job you'd have in Victorian times.

A workhouse tour
Take a guided tour of a Victorian workhouse.

The suffragettes
Find out about the political movement that won women the right to vote.

Improving working conditions
Meet a factory owner, Robert Owen, who improved the health and well-being of working people.

The industrial revolution
Study guide to the Industrial Revolution, with test-yourself quiz.

Victorian achievements

Websites to visit

Charles Darwin
Watch an overview of Charles Darwin's life, with a focus on his work involving the theory of evolution.

Florence Nightingale
Find out about Florence Nightingale's pioneering nursing during the Crimean War.

Victorian innovations
Find out about new ideas, from evolution to telegraph wires, that changed Victorian England.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Meet the great engineer and tour one of his ships, the SS Great Britain.

The Great Exhibition, 1851
View a picture gallery of exhibits at the Great Exhibition. (Scroll down and click on the first scene to open the gallery.)

Homes, houses and everyday life

Websites to visit

Meet a Victorian cook
Two children interview a cook about life in a rich family's house.

Tour Victorian homes
See inside houses of well-to-do Victorians and how they were decorated.

Victorian house podcast
Find out about London's Victorian buildings, and scroll down for fun facts.

Driving a cart
Find out how to drive a horse and cart the Victorian way.

Victorian rush hour
See Victorian vehicles in London, 1896. (This video has no sound.)

Everyday life
Explore a guide to Victorian life of the different social classes, with test-yourself quiz.

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About this book

History of Britain
The Victorians

From slums and steelworks, to the British Empire and the Great Exhibition, this book tells the story of life in Victorian Britain.
Full of intriguing facts, illustrations, detailed reconstructions, paintings and maps.
Includes links to websites to find out more information via the Usborne Quicklinks Website.

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Ruth Brocklehurst

When she wasn’t out riding her bike or making things out of loo rolls and scraps of fabric, Ruth Brocklehurst spent much of her childhood reading – especially historical novels and whodunits. Since joining Usborne in 2000, she has written and edited countless books on everything from craft activities and history, to creative writing, space exploration and dinosaurs. If she could go back in time she’d like to meet Mary Queen of Scots.

Reader Reviews

A good read
This is a brilliant book with lots of information. I especially liked reading the bit about trains and their development. I definitely recommend it!
Emily, 13th December 2014

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