The Victorian Era A History From 1848 to 1880
Justin McCarthyIn Volume II of this captivating history, we delve into the tumultuous revolutionary year of 1848, where the Chartist movement ignited the call for manhood suffrage and Young Ireland began to rise. Experience the excitement of the Great Exhibition in 1851, where Queen Victoria described the scene A little rain fell just as we started, but before we came near the Crystal Palace the sun shone and gleamed upon the gigantic edifice, upon which the flags of all nations were floating. Yet, amidst these hopeful moments, the harsh realities of the Crimean War unfolded, with the freezing trenches before Sebastopol revealing the tragic failures in leadership and logistics that shocked the British public. (Pamela Nagami, M.D.)
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