{"product_id":"9781472220431","title":"Children of the Mill: True Stories From Quarry Bank","description":"\u003cp\u003eChannel 4's The Mill captivated viewers with the tales of the lives of the young girls and boys in a northern mill. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the lives of the apprentices at Quarry Bank Mill, David Hanson's book uses a wealth of first-person source material including letters, diaries, mill records, to tell the stories of the children who lived and worked at Quarry Bank throughout the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book perfectly accompanies the television series, satisfying viewers' curiosity about the history of the children of Quarry Bank. It reveals the real lives of the television series' main characters: Esther, Daniel, Lucy and Susannah, showing how shockingly close to the truth the dramatisation is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the book also goes far beyond this to create a full and vivid picture of factory life in the industrial revolution. David Hanson has written an accessible narrative history of Victorian working children and the conditions in which they worked.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Book Publishing, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027424592112,"sku":"9781472220431","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472220431_p0.jpg?v=1763597694","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472220431","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}