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Angel Meadow

Victorian Britain's Most Savage Slum

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Angel Meadow

By: Dean Kirby
Narrated by: Nigel Gair
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Step into the Victorian underworld of Angel Meadow, the vilest and most dangerous slum of the Industrial Revolution. In the shadow of the world's first cotton mill, 30,000 souls trapped by poverty are fighting for survival as the British Empire is built upon their backs.

Thieves and prostitutes keep company with rats in overcrowded lodging houses and deep cellars on the banks of a black river, the Irk. Gangs of "scuttlers" stalk the streets in pointed, brass-tripped clogs. Those who evade their clutches are hunted down by cholera and tuberculosis. Lawless drinking dens and a cold slab in the dead house provide the only relief from this filthy and frightening world.

Former Manchester Evening News journalist Dean Kirby takes listeners on a hair-raising journey through the alleyways, gin palaces, and underground vaults of the 19th-century Manchester slum considered so diabolical it was rechristened "hell upon earth" by Friedrich Engels in 1845. Enter Angel Meadow if you dare....

©2020 Dean Kirby (P)2020 Pen and Sword Europe Great Britain Social Classes & Economic Disparity Sociology England
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Although the narration of this book was the worst I have come across, I kept listening because the story was fascinating, well written and extensively researched. My compliments here go to the author. There was no proof listening or editing of the narration which became quite apparent early into the book, sometimes spoiling what is otherwise a great story.

Amazing story - terrible narration

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The narrator appears to change multiple times mid way through the book. Poor narration spoilt what would otherwise be a good book.

Poor narration

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Very interesting, however, volume goes up and down. Strange pauses in the middle of a chapter and no pauses at the end of chapters before going to the next. The narrator seems to mutter a sentence then pauses, and all of a sudden its really loud. He makes several mistakes and corrects himself too. Some parts loop. I was constantly turning the volume up and down. Spoilt it really. I'd recommend buying the paper book and reading it yourself.

Great book, poor audio

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Poorly narrated, with often mispronounced words and wooden 'acting'. But the book itself is incredible!

Amazing

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Amazing tale of poverty.
Almost unbelievable, what a nasty time to live in if you had no money.

Stunning.

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