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Rosemary ashton s one hot summer is a fine example of what is called microhistory, a form of historical analysis that focuses in on a very short period of time. Dickens, darwin, disraeli, and the great stink of 1858 0 likes. Dickens, darwin, disraeli, and the great stink of 1858 rosemary ashton ebook. The summer of 1858 was one of the hottest on record in london. While 1858 in london may have been noteworthy for its broiling summer months and the related stench of the sewagefilled thames. Paula byrne, times rosemary ashton s new book charts four boiling hot months in 1858 when the sewage of london went awry and. The lives of these three great men are tenuously linked to provide a thread to the story. One hot summer while 1858 in london may have been noteworthy for its broiling summer months and the related stench of the sewagefilled thames river, the year is otherwise little remembered. A unique, indepth view of victorian london during the recordbreaking summer of 1858, when residents both famous and nowforgotten endured the great stink together. Below, ashton recounts the bills that passed through parliament that summer, and the struggle to pass one in particular calling for. Dickens, darwin, disraeli, and the great stink of 1858 by rosemary ashton online at alibris. How darwins forgotten theory of mate choice shapes the animal worldand us by richard o. The great stink was the thames, which had become londons open sewer and in that summer, which was extremely hot at least one temperature over 100 f, the stench was overwhelming. I liked the idea of telling history from the news bulletins of the period, minutes of events, and the letters of the principle cast.
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