Orphans of empire : the fate of London's foundlings / Helen Berry.
Orphans of empire : the fate of London's foundlings / Helen Berry.
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2019]
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G 2019/3630
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English
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Physical content
xv, 364 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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text
still image
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unmediated
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volume
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Edition
First edition.
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England
Date Published
[2019]
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Summary
Eighteenth-century London was teeming with humanity, and poverty was never far from politeness. Legend has it that, on his daily commute through this thronging metropolis, Captain Thomas Coram witnessed one of the city's most shocking sights-the widespread abandonment of infant corpses by the roadside. He could have just passed by. Instead, he devi...
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Orphans of empire : the fate of London's foundlings / Helen Berry.
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©2019
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G 2019/3630
Record Identifier
74VKVxjXvQ6d
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVxjXvQ6d
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ISBN
0198758480 paperback
9780198758488 paperback
DDC
362.73
MMS ID
991024249803702626
