Who? What? When? Victorians

Who? What? When?

by Bob Fowke

As the title implies, the books in this series provide information on the key people and events of the era, placing them in chronological context. There are approximately 100 entries laid out alphabetically in this volume, including Alexander Graham Bell, the Boer War, the Crimean War, Charles Dickens, David Livingstone, Florence Nightingale, reform acts, the Salvation Army, servants, Tolpuddle Martyrs, and Queen Victoria. It is complete with timeline, glossary, further information, index, cartoons, detailed illustrations, and maps.

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Bob Fowke is a prolific writer with over sixty books to his name or written in collaboration with other writers. Most of his books have been published by major British publishers, mainly Hodder Headline but also Oxford University Press, Collins and Heinemann. The majority of them are history and science books for children but he is also the author of The Real Ancient Mariner, about the 18th-century British sailor who shot an albatross in 1719, thus inspiring the focal point of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem, The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere.