Victoria's wedding and the place of the royals in popular esteem; how the very poor lived, the underworld, prostitution, crime, prisons and transportation; the public utilities  Bazalgette on sewers and road design, Chadwick on pollution and sanitation private charities  Peabody, Burdett Coutts  and workhouses new terraced housing and transport, trains, omnibuses and the Underground furniture and decor families and the position of women the prosperous middle classes and their new shops, such as Peter Jones and Harrods entertaining and servants, food and drink; unlimited liability and bankruptcy the rich, the marriage market, taxes and anti-semitism the Empire, recruitment and press-gangs.