Unless you have a Kindle you may not have noticed my recommendation for the Penny Green Series of books by Emily Organ.
They are not "great literature" but they are who dunnits which are well researched with the sort of detail which give a very good flavour of living in late Victorian London without being worthy about it. The books are set in the 1880s, at the time when my paternal ancestors had all arrived in the capital from their various areas of the UK. I did find it a little creepy when she was describing a road which I had been looking at on Booth's map that morning - MAP OF PENNY GREEN’S LONDON.
Each book has detailed historical background at the end which is interesting in itself.
I read them on kindle unlimited or you can get hold of the paperbacks used/unused on Amazon. Although they say you can read them out of order, as there are personal stories running alongside, I'd read them chronologically.
They are not "great literature" but they are who dunnits which are well researched with the sort of detail which give a very good flavour of living in late Victorian London without being worthy about it. The books are set in the 1880s, at the time when my paternal ancestors had all arrived in the capital from their various areas of the UK. I did find it a little creepy when she was describing a road which I had been looking at on Booth's map that morning - MAP OF PENNY GREEN’S LONDON.
Each book has detailed historical background at the end which is interesting in itself.
I read them on kindle unlimited or you can get hold of the paperbacks used/unused on Amazon. Although they say you can read them out of order, as there are personal stories running alongside, I'd read them chronologically.
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