{"product_id":"the-secret-world-of-the-joseph-oneill-9781399078672","title":"The Secret World of the Victorian Lodging House","description":"\u003cb\u003eUncovers the complex reality of Victorian lodging houses and their marginalized inhabitants.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCriminals, drifters, beggars, the homeless, immigrants, prostitutes, tramping artisans, street entertainers, abandoned children, navvies, and families fallen on hard times a whole underclass of people on the margins of society passed through Victorian lodging houses. These places were to be found in almost every city and town and they were central to working class life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Jack the Ripper murders of 1888 brought lodging houses to the attention of an appalled public and, labelled seedbeds of infectious disease, they were seen as training schools for criminals and conmen of every description. The reality, however, was more complex as lodging houses also provided for those scratching a living, and sheltered those who refused to enter the workhouse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoseph O'Neill's fresh research into this lost world of the night-time havens of the wandering tribes flings open the door to the nineteenth century lodging house, and tells the forgotten stories of those who spent their nights sharing beds with bugs, thieves, and much worse...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph O'Neill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399078674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399078672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen and Sword History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Joseph O'Neill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46618081165567,"sku":"9781399078672","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6195af25-28cf-42bc-9612-3e922ccac6a3.jpg?v=1740069114","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-secret-world-of-the-joseph-oneill-9781399078672","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}