"This is a tightly argued, meticulously researched history of sanitation that reads like a novel."—Paula Byrne, <i>The Times</i><br />"Lee Jackson stops to have a good poke around – and consider in fascinating, sometimes gruesome detail, the filth and nuisances of the time . . . Utterly engrossing."—Jo Baker, <i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br />"Mr Jackson has written a book that is neat and sparkling, unlike his subject matter."—Emily Cockayne, <i>Wall Street Journal Europe</i><br />“Impressive . . . [Lee] Jackson has written a book that is neat and sparkling, unlike his subject matter.”—Emily Cockayne, <i>The Wall Street Journal</i><br />"Rich in wonderful contemporary details gleaned from newspapers and archives, Jackson’s study is a vivid account of the enormous challenges faced by a city expanding at an unprecedented rate."—P. D. Smith, <i>The Guardian</i><br />“An atypical look at London’s social history. Jackson manages to make a disgusting topic much funnier than one would expect.”—<i>Library Journal</i><br />"There is an extensive bibliography and index and this makes Dirty Old London a very welcome addition to the social history of the Victorian capital. It will be useful to scholars as well as being a very enjoyable popular history which deserves a wide readership."—Drew Gray, <i>The London Journal</i><br />"From the dustmen who grew rich from recycling, to a history of the public lavatory, this fascinating book provides a (dare I say fresh?) insight into life in the Victorian capital."—<i>Current Archaeology</i><br />"Where there’s muck there’s brass. Let’s hope so for Lee Jackson, author of this volume on all things feculent, filthy and noisome in the Victorian city. It’s a big topic that deserves a big audience."—Matt Brown, <i>The Londonist</i><br />"The book is engagingly written, and based on a wide reading of source material and recent academic writing."—Peter Hounsell, <i>Who Do You Think You Are Magazine</i><br />"Delve deep into Victorian London’s dirty streets in this detailed, but enjoyably graphic, account of efforts to make life better for the British capital’s growing population."—<i>History Revealed</i><br />"This superb book places the humdrum business of keeping a city and its people clean in a detailed social and political context."—Jonathan Wright, <i>The Tablet</i><br />"This interesting and informative book deserves to have a wide circulation."—John Beasley, <i>The Methodist Recorder</i><br />"This is a fascinating work that will engage both those interested in Victorian in general and London in particular."—Stephen Halliday,<i> BBC History Magazine</i><br />"I thought I knew nineteenth-century London-this book made me smell it . . . Mud: it’s so often mentioned in Victorian literature, but I didn’t know what it was until I read this admirable book."—Clive Aslet, <i>Country Life</i><br />"<i>Dirty Old London</i> is a treat – truly Victorian, in that it is shocking, entertaining, educational and grisly by turns."—Catharine Arnold, author of <i>Necropolis: London and its Dead</i><br />"I can't think of a better companion with whom to explore London's underbelly - expert, engaging and approachable."—Sarah Wise, author of <i>The Blackest Streets: The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum</i><br />"So much meticulous research packaged into such a vividly readable narrative. I loved it."—Liza Picard, author of <i>Victorian London</i><br />"The squalor of Victorian London was proverbial. Lee Jackson’s revelatory clean-up goes behind the headlines to allow us to see not just what, but why, London was so dirty."—Judith Flanders, author of <i>The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London</i><br />