The Real Oliver Twist (paperback)
UK £8.99,Canada $20.00,
UK Publication May 2002
ISBN 9781840467277
Paperback
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'A compelling history of the lives of workhouse children in the industrial revolution' Guardian
'An engrossing biography' Mail on Sunday
'The Real Oliver Twist is history approaching its best.' The Australian
'Waller writes with a passion and flair which commands the reader's attention' Times Literary Supplement
From a parish workhouse to the heart of the industrial revolution, from debtors' jail to Cambridge University and a prestigious London church, Robert Blincoe's political, personal and turbulent story illuminates the Dickensian age like never before.
Abandoned to a workhouse as a child, Blincoe remained unbroken by his years of servitude. He fought back against the mill owners, earning beatings but gaining self-respect. He joined the campaign to protect children, gave evidence to a Royal Commission into factory conditions and worked with extraordinary tenacity to keep his own children from the factories. His turbulent and often violent life provides an outstanding example of courage, tenacity and a refusal to be downtrodden.
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John Waller read Modern History at Oxford and holds an MSc and PhD from London. He has taught at the University of Melbourne and now lectures at Michigan State University. He lives with his wife and daughter in Michigan.
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