Vivid social history of London in one of its most dramatic and exciting periods Draws on a huge wealth of primary source material, including unpublished journals and diaries The originality of her three previous London books have been widely acclaimed ELIZABETH'S LONDON was a Sunday Times bestseller 'She is an engaging companion, always wondering out loud about the sort of questions which you've asked yourself...an enjoyable book' Philip Hensher, Spectator 'A valuable addition to the literature of London' Jad Adams, Sunday Telegraph 'Vividness is the book's aim, and this is achieved splendidly' Economist

'A highly readable account of nineteenth-century London... Picard's book is a mine of information told with great enthusiasm and passion.' EXPRESS (7/7/06) 'This is a comprehensive history by anecdote, so the enlightening facts come thick and fast... Picard enforces the idea that history really is all around us.' TELEGRAPH (8/7/06) 'Her survey of Victorian London is as enjoyably wide-ranging as her previous volumes, and her curiosity about apparent trivia resurrects the realities of the past more successfully than many more solemn works of social and political analysis do.' SUNDAY TIMES (30/7/06)

Liza Picard was born in 1927. She worked for the Inland Revenue for many years and lived in London, before retiring to Oxford where she now lives.