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Londoners in the 18th century petitioned for hangings to be moves because of the stench of corpses

Regency inequality: the gap between rich and poor in Georgian Britain Never was the chasm between rich and poor more stark than in the Regency era. Ian Mortimer chronicles a period in which the wealthiest gorged themselves on the fruits of Britain’s industrial might, while the working classes endured lives that were often nasty, brutish and short Published: January 26, 2021 at 7:57 am Every historical age sees extraordinary inequalities of wealth. Whether we are talking about an...