Orphans of Empire: The Fate of London's Foundlings by Helen Berry

Orphans of Empire: The Fate of London's Foundlings

Helen Berry

384 pages 2019

3 editions

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
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Eighteenth-century London was teeming with humanity, and poverty was never far from politeness. Legend has it that, on his daily commute through this thronging metropolis, Captain Thomas Coram witnessed one of the city's most shocking sights -- th...

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