Publisher's Synopsis
True-life experiences of four ordinary Victorian children beautifully presented as historical biographies.Through hours of research, Sallie Purkis has uncovered these originalhistories and retells them for the first time with historicalphotographs and large colour illustrations.
In this book we find out about Catherine who lived in IngatestoneHall. Em who was born in a tiny village in the Cotswolds. Thomas whowas born to wealthy parents in Chester and went to Oxford Universityand David who was the youngest of 13 children born to the Sheriff ofMonmouth in Wales.