This book covers a wide range of historical and social issues within the Victorian period. This includes the Royal Family, inventions, the seaside, hospitals and health, clothes, and crime and punishment. Readers are also introduced to the major personalities of the day including Queen Victoria, Brunel, Gladstone and Disraeli, and Florence Nightingale. A wide range of visual sources of information are used such as artifacts, contemporary illustrations, photographs, and posters to really bring the subject to life.