Curious Victorians

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Curious Victorians Publisher's Summary

Welcome to the Victorian era—where people feared fresh air, cured everything with arsenic, and politely ignored the fact that their wallpaper might be trying to kill them.

Curious Victorians is your backstage pass to the weirdest, wildest, and most wonderfully unhinged moments of 19th-century life. Inside you’ll find 150 completely true and utterly bizarre facts that will make you grateful for modern plumbing—and mildly concerned about your ancestors.

From the shockingly unhygienic to the charmingly delusional, this book offers bite-sized historical oddities guaranteed to delight trivia nerds, history lovers, and anyone who’s ever asked, “Wait—they did what?”

For Fans Of:

Fun historical facts and dark humor
Weird trivia and wonderfully niche knowledge
Gift books for the morbidly curious

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Curious Victorians

150 Bizarre Facts from the Victorian Era

By: Evelyn Blair

Narrated by: James Bergold

Length: 40 mins

Release date: 03-04-2026

Language: English

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