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7454967Bread, Gruel, and Grim Determination. Life Inside the Victorian Workhousehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/bread--gruel--and-grim-determination--life-inside-the-victorian-workhouse-9798230845034/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7053708/image.jpg?v=6388799280724700007777MXNGandhiInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>A brutal, poetic, and darkly funny deep dive into one of Britains most infamous institutions. 70 pages of razor-sharp historical storytelling that pulls no punches.</strong></p><p>What was it like to be poor in Victorian Britain?<br />Not "cant afford Netflix" poor but <em>grind-your-own-bones-into-fertiliser</em> poor.</p><p><em><strong>Bread, Gruel, and Grim Determination</strong></em> takes you inside the walls of the 19th-century workhouse a place where hunger was policy, families were split like firewood, and suffering was called salvation. Its a short, gripping history of a system designed not to help the poor, but to <strong>punish</strong> them for existing.</p><p>Youll meet the bureaucrats who weaponised morality, the women punished for childbirth, the children processed like laundry, and the rebels who dared to bite back. Told in a vivid, irreverent voice, this is <strong>social history with teeth</strong> perfect for fans of <em>Dark Histories</em>, <em>Empireland</em>, or <em>A Peoples History of Poverty</em>.</p><p><em>"No myths. No mercy. Just the truth and a ladle of gruel."</em></p><p><strong>Approximate length: 70 pages.</strong><br />Part of the <strong>Dark History</strong> series.</p>...7081981Bread, Gruel, and Grim Determination. Life Inside the Victorian Workhouse7777https://www.gandhi.com.mx/bread--gruel--and-grim-determination--life-inside-the-victorian-workhouse-9798230845034/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7053708/image.jpg?v=638879928072470000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20259798230845034_W3siaWQiOiIxMzY3NTE2Yi01MmZjLTRjNDctYjE3My1iOWU1NzA5MGMyOGEiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjc3LCJkaXNjb3VudCI6MCwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjo3NywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6IklwcCIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9798230845034_<p><strong>A brutal, poetic, and darkly funny deep dive into one of Britains most infamous institutions. 70 pages of razor-sharp historical storytelling that pulls no punches.</strong></p><p>What was it like to be poor in Victorian Britain?<br />Not "cant afford Netflix" poor but <em>grind-your-own-bones-into-fertiliser</em> poor.</p><p><em><strong>Bread, Gruel, and Grim Determination</strong></em> takes you inside the walls of the 19th-century workhouse a place where hunger was policy, families were split like firewood, and suffering was called salvation. Its a short, gripping history of a system designed not to help the poor, but to <strong>punish</strong> them for existing.</p><p>Youll meet the bureaucrats who weaponised morality, the women punished for childbirth, the children processed like laundry, and the rebels who dared to bite back. Told in a vivid, irreverent voice, this is <strong>social history with teeth</strong> perfect for fans of <em>Dark Histories</em>, <em>Empireland</em>, or <em>A Peoples History of Poverty</em>.</p><p><em>"No myths. No mercy. Just the truth and a ladle of gruel."</em></p><p><strong>Approximate length: 70 pages.</strong><br />Part of the <strong>Dark History</strong> series.</p>...9798230845034_Knelstrom Ltdlibro_electonico_9798230845034_9798230845034Martin FoskettInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/draft2digital_ipp-epub-91035488-de1c-4328-a991-bec27577f420.epub2025-04-13T00:00:00+00:00Knelstrom Ltd