The Movers and Shakers of Victorian England - Hardcover

It was a time of industrial triumph, it was a time of empire, it was a time of social decorum and a very mighty Queen: few periods in British history could rival the Victorian age for its color and energy. That’s because so many people put their hearts and souls, their blood and sweat, their guts and determination into changing the English social landscape. Meet all the big players who administered the British Empire, as well as the artistically obsessive Edward Burne-Jones; the inventor of the sugar-processing machine (who also worked out how to mass-produce steel); the founder of the Raleigh bicycle firm; the discoverer of the electron; and the man who almost beat the Wright Brothers into the sky.