Doubleday Childrens: ROLL UP! ROLL UP! READ ALL ABOUT IT! Ladies and Gents, Sir Jack Dodger brings you a most excellent Guide to London! Did you know . . . ? If a Victorian couldn't afford a sweep, they might drop a goose down their chimney to clean it! A nobby lady's unmentionables could weigh up to 40lbs! Parliament had to be suspended during the Great Stink of 1858! From the wretches of the rookeries to the fancy coves at Buckingham Palace, Dodger will show you every dirty inch of London. Warning: Includes 'orrible murders, naughty ladies and plenty of geezers! All you ever (or never) wanted to know about Victorian London, penned by Jack Dodger From the Back Cover ROLL UP! ROLL UP! Ladies and Gents, Sir Jack Dodger brings you a most excellent Guide to London! Did you know . . . ? - If Victorians couldn't afford a sweep, they might drop a goose down their chimney to clean it! - A nobby lady's unmentionables could weigh up to 40lbs! - Parliament had to be suspended during the Great Stink of 1858! From the wretches of the rookeries to the fancy coves at Buckingham Palace, Dodger will show you every dirty inch of London.
