Vagabonds: Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-century London – Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2023

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They fought to exhaustion, then hugged and shook hands before heading off together, asking: "So what was that your name again?

And where possible (and he has done a terrific job in sourcing here), he wants to do it in their own voice - so as many direct quotes from journalists and court reporters as possible. You swan dive into its sea of gods and monsters, lost girls, violent boys, and well-behaved people both righteous and wicked. I enjoyed reading it a lot, and found both the age based structure, and variety of characters, to work well in creating a very clear sense of street London during this time. People who have enjoyed it say it is more like a series of short stories, with very little connection between one chapter and the next.I'm really interested in social history and found this book fascinating in shedding a light on the vagabonds of 19th century London. I wasn’t scared, I was just somebody else, some stranger, and my whole life was a haunted life, the life of a ghost…I was halfway across America, at the dividing line between the East of my youth and the West of my future, and maybe that’s why it happened right there and then that strange red afternoon. Right there in his grandfather's house, he'd watched the man start and stop a furious downpour-complete with streaks of thunder-in the space of ten minutes. readers get the great satisfaction of watching those on the outside intertwine with one another and take command of this mystical being that is controlling Lagos.

Lagos is a city for all…you share this place with flesh and not-flesh, and it’s just as much their city as it is yours. The mythic and the real jostling cheek by jowl to create a way of looking that once seen, you will never unsee. As their lives begin to intertwine-in markets and underground clubs, in churches and hotel rooms-the vagabonds are seized and challenged by the spirits who command the city.

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He had heard of the Appalachian Trail, but he had never seriously considered attempting to hike all 2,184. Tatafo observes the array of abuse, poverty, and other oppressive situations inflicted on the characters, whose hardships are largely the result of homophobia and transphobia. In fairness, though, the author says that there is not much authoritative information about these people.Particularly harrowing are descriptions of bereaved families so poor that they must share their small, crowded rooms with the dead bodies of their loved ones – in some cases for up to two weeks – until funeral arrangements can be made. Until now, our view of bustling late Georgian and Victorian London has been filtered through its great chroniclers, who did not themselves come from poverty – Dickens, Mayhew, Gustave Doré. So she pulled her ear as she told Anjos, "Stay away from Eziza, if you like your life; just stay away.

Vagabonds" by Eloghosa Osunde is a complex novel that explores Nigerian spirituality, queer representation, and the lives of those who are often marginalized in society. The two remaining chapters deal with the specific experiences of particular groups – immigrants and those who found themselves on the wrong side of the law. I was initially surprised that it didn't really have much int he way of a conclusion, but that is kind of the point. Additionally make sure your User-Agent is not empty and is something unique and descriptive and try again. As Anjos listened to all this, with his elbow in his grandfather's lap, he wondered what factors determined the strength of gods' tempers.A priest-physician like his friend Ephan, Psal lacks a warrior's heart, yet he desires to earn Nahas's respect and become a clan chief.