History with the nasty bits left in! 'The Vile Victorians' gives you all the terrible truth about revolting events affecting everyone not so very long ago - from the vile Victorian queen herself to some vicious Victorian villains. Want to know when the first public loo was flushed? Who had a gruesome glass eye for every occasion? What vile Victorian parents called their children? Read on to find some nasty facts about cruel careers (for kids), rotten school rules, school dinners even worse than today's and a gory and gruesome guide to vile Victorian death. History has never been so horrible! With a bold new cover look and a heap of extra horrible bits at the back of the book, each best-selling title is sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.