ORPHANS OF EMPIRE (PB)

The story of the thousands of children who were raised at the London Foundling Hospital, Thomas Coram's brainchild, which opened in 1741 and grew to become the most famous charity in Georgian England. The book 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.