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Life in the workhouse and British biographies
Life in the workhouse and British biographies
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Feb 5, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Charlotte Hodgman visits a former Victorian workhouse in the company of historian Samantha Shave to see whether life inside really matched the Dickensian legend. Meanwhile, we speak to Sir David Cannadine on the challenges of editing the gigantic Oxford Dictionary of National Biography For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Feb 5, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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