Orphans of Empire
Orphans of Empire Eighteenth-century London was teeming with humanity, and poverty was never far from politeness. He could have just passed by. Legend has it that, on his daily commute through this…
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Orphans of Empire
Eighteenth-century London was teeming with humanity, and poverty was never far from politeness. He could have just passed by. Legend has it that, on his daily commute through this thronging metropolis, Captain Thomas Coram witnessed one of the city's most shocking sights-the widespread abandonment of infant corpses by the roadside.
It provides vivid insights into the lives and fortunes of London's poorest children, from the earliest days of the Instead, he devised a plan to create a charity that would care for these infants; one that was to have enormous consequences for children born into povertyin Britain over the next two hundred years.Orphans of Empire tells the story of what happened to the thousands of children who were raised at the London Foundling Hospital, Coram's brainchild, which opened in 1741 and grew to become the most famous charity in Georgian England.
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Orphans of the Sky
Orphans Gift
Orphans Sorrow
Orphans Dream
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