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đ London History Podcast | Victorian Britain & Pandemic Fear
In January 1892, London went dark. Theatres closed. Streets filled with black crepe. A young royal heir lay dying â while thousands of ordinary Londoners froze, starved, and quietly disappeared.In this episode of the London History Podcast, we explore one deadly week during the Russian Flu pandemic, when Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, died in royal luxury â and the poor died alone in cold East End rooms. This is a story of pandemic fear, medical inequality, quack cures, and Victorian society under pressure â including the extraordinary legal case that still shapes contract law today.
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đ London History Podcast | Victorian Britain & Pandemic Fear
In January 1892, London went dark. Theatres closed. Streets filled with black crepe. A young royal heir lay dying â while thousands of ordinary Londoners froze, starved, and quietly disappeared.In this episode of the London History Podcast, we explore one deadly week during the Russian Flu pandemic, when Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, died in royal luxury â and the poor died alone in cold East End rooms. This is a story of pandemic fear, medical inequality, quack cures, and Victorian society under pressure â including the extraordinary legal case that still shapes contract law today.
đ Connect With Us
đ Website: â https://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/podcastâ
đ± Instagram: @walk_londonđŠ Twitter: @guided_walks đ Facebook: London Guided Walks

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