True or false?
Queen Victoria was not amused!
Victorian girls glowed in the dark!
Boys in Victorian times wore frilly dresses
The Victorians were obsessed with ghosts

Find out in this book, which explores the Victorian era, its children, rules, schools, workhouses, jobs, famous people and inventions. It examines the facts and myths about Victorian times and reveals loads of fascinating information about the Victorian era that will surprise and amaze you!

The Truth or Busted series explores the fact or fiction behind stuff you THINK you know in a tongue-in-cheek, humorous way that kids will find unputdownable!

This book is part of a book series called Truth Or Busted .

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Hachette Children's Group .

Peter Hepplewhite is a former history teacher, currently working as an education officer for Tyne & Wear Archives Service.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Queen Victorian was not amused
• 2: Wild Victorians: Victoria in love
• 3: Queen Victoria blamed her son for Albert's death!
• 4: Gladstone was a mad prime minister
• 5: Dracula was a Victorian monster
• 6: Victorians were spooked by ghosts
• 7: George Stephenson was a reckless driver
• 8: The Victorian dead travelled by train
• 9: The Victorians wired up the world
• 10: Greenwich Mean Time meant people lost 10 minutes of their lives
• 11: A London Particular was a nourishing meal
• 12: Victorian girls glowed in the dark
• 13: Having a baby was more dangerous than working in a coal mine
• 14: Victorian boys wore dresses
• 15: Dog poo was pure gold in Victorian times!
• 16: In Scotland sheep were more important than people