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Period Queen Victoria reigned, 18371901. Im not very technical, i cheat a lot, so my books cover what we politely cover the long 19th century which sometimes starts in the 18th century, so sometimes i discuss things that happened in the runup to Queen Victoria and often it goes to the beginning of world war i in 1914 which is, actually, a much more logical break when things changed very radically again. Host was it known as the Victorian Era at that time . Guest um, a little bit. Not the way we know it, no. Because apart from anything else, of course, its much easier to call something an era once you know when its going to end, and they department, and they didnt they didnt, and they didnt know it was going to be one of the longest reigns in british history and cover, really, the greater part of a century. You couldnt ima ....
Wrote this their diaries, saw Charles Dickens in the street today. This is what he looks like. And you could follow their descriptions, which was great. I used him partly because it was the 200th anniversary, and my publisher taught it would be a great idea, but that was a little part. What he actually said to me was all your books are a disguised love letter to dickens, why dont you just let your head go and really use him . So i did. Host was he right . Guest he was right. Host why . Guest i think dickens was one of the greatest writers ever. Horrible man. Horrible man. But one of the greatest writers ever. I reread his books more than almost anything. Host is there a typical, for that book, is there a typical life that you can describe, a victorian life . Guest um, i think that the typical lives, if you want, are the lives of what in those days would have either been called the working poor or the lower middle classes. One of ....
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