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Living on the edge in Victorian Britain

Emma Griffin explores how economic changes in 19th-century Britain affected family life for working class Victorians

Historian and author Emma Griffin (Photo by Fran Monks)

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Historian Emma Griffin, author of the new book Bread Winner, explores how economic changes in 19th-century Britain affected family life for working class Victorians.

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