Want to find out what Victorian Britain was really like? The scandals that history text books don't usually print? Through the pages of the newspapers? Then this is the book for you! For instance, when General Haynau, a famous Austrian accused of what we would call 'war crimes' visited the largest brewery in the world in London in 1851, the brewery workers attacked him, and he only escaped by hiding in a broom cupboard! Or the men arrested for dressing up as women and soliciting... or the shocking divorce cases of the latter part of the century...or the attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria.... and much, much more. Explore the underbelly of Victorian Britain with this book. A Level students could read it, but most use for teachers wanting to update their knowledge on the period.