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Crime, Darkness, and the End of the Victorian Age explores the shadowed side of Victorian England, revealing a society where progress, empire, and respectability existed beside poverty, violence, fear, and moral contradiction. From the rise of modern policing and Scotland Yard to prison reform, prostitution, sensational journalism, political violence, socialism, and the terror of Jack the Ripper, this book examines the darker forces that shaped the final decades of Queen Victoria's reign. It follows the hidden city behind the gaslight: crowded slums, police courts, labor unrest, Irish nationalism, urban anxiety, and the cultural unease of the fin de siècle. As the Victorian world approached its end, Britain stood at the height of imperial power while confronting the unresolved shadows of modern life.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length6 hrs 33 mins
Narrated bySantiago Machain
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateSep 18, 2026
LanguageEnglish
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