One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858

A unique, colorful view of Victorian London when residents both famous and now-forgotten endured “the Great Stink” across one hot summer​

While 1858 in London may have been noteworthy for its broiling summer months and the related stench of the sewage-filled Thames River, the year is otherwise little remembered. And yet, historian Rosemary Ashton reveals in this compelling microhistory, 1858 was marked by significant, if unrecognized, turning points. For ordinary people, and also for the ri...