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Orphans of Empire: The Fate of London's Foundlings by Helen Berry
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419562 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Orphans of Empire: The Fate of London's Foundlings
Author: Helen Berry
Narrator: Jennifer M. Dixon
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes
Release date: June 16, 2020
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
Eighteenth-century London was teeming with humanity, and poverty was never far from politeness. Legend has it that, on his daily commute through this thronging metropolis, Captain Thomas Coram witnessed one of the city's most shocking sights—the widespread abandonment of infant corpses by the roadside. Orphans of Empire tells the story of what happened to the thousands of children who were raised at the London Foundling Hospital, Coram's brainchild, which opened in 1741 and grew to become the most famous charity in Georgian England. It provides vivid insights into the lives and fortunes of London's poorest children, from the earliest days of the Foundling Hospital to the mid-Victorian era, when Charles Dickens was moved by his observations of the charity's work to campaign on behalf of orphans. Through the lives of London's foundlings, this book provides readers with a street-level insight into the wider global history of a period of monumental change in British history as the nation grew into the world's leading superpower. Through extensive archival research, Helen Berry uncovers previously untold stories of what happened to former foundlings, including the suffering and small triumphs they experienced as child workers during the upheavals of the Industrial Revolution.
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By thebookvoice.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419562 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Orphans of Empire: The Fate of London's Foundlings
Author: Helen Berry
Narrator: Jennifer M. Dixon
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes
Release date: June 16, 2020
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
Eighteenth-century London was teeming with humanity, and poverty was never far from politeness. Legend has it that, on his daily commute through this thronging metropolis, Captain Thomas Coram witnessed one of the city's most shocking sights—the widespread abandonment of infant corpses by the roadside. Orphans of Empire tells the story of what happened to the thousands of children who were raised at the London Foundling Hospital, Coram's brainchild, which opened in 1741 and grew to become the most famous charity in Georgian England. It provides vivid insights into the lives and fortunes of London's poorest children, from the earliest days of the Foundling Hospital to the mid-Victorian era, when Charles Dickens was moved by his observations of the charity's work to campaign on behalf of orphans. Through the lives of London's foundlings, this book provides readers with a street-level insight into the wider global history of a period of monumental change in British history as the nation grew into the world's leading superpower. Through extensive archival research, Helen Berry uncovers previously untold stories of what happened to former foundlings, including the suffering and small triumphs they experienced as child workers during the upheavals of the Industrial Revolution.