Ginger Frost: 3 books

Living in sin is the first book-length study of cohabitation in nineteenth-century England, based on research into the lives of hundreds of couples. ‘Common-law’ marriages did not have any legal basis, so the Victorian courts had to wrestle with unions that resembled marriage in every way, yet...

This book explores the legal and social consequences of growing up illegitimate in England and Wales. Unlike most other studies of illegitimacy, Frost's book concentrates on the late-Victorian period and the early twentieth century, and takes the child's point of view rather than that of the mother...

An introduction to the myths and realities of the history of Victorian Britain, with accompanying primary sources. • Corrects nine myths about the Victorian era, with explanations of why these myths began • Includes over 50 primary documents from a wide variety of genres •...