MID GEORGIAN BRITAIN (SHIRE)

Mid-Georgian Britain was a period of both elegance and desperation. As the middle and upper classes enjoyed their wealth with an increasing range of consumer goods, the poor endured debtor's prison and an increasing number of crimes carrying the death penalty. This book charts the growth of the British empire, looks at the growing importance of London, and creates a vivid portrait of the daily reality of life for a middle-class family in an age of growing national affluence.