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Offering a powerful look at the past through the pages of yesterday’s London and regional papers, this collection offers 19th-century full runs of 48 titles, totaling more than two million easily searchable pages. All-new imaging done in conjunction with the British Library assures the highest quality possible.

Articles include monumental historic events, such as the battle of Trafalgar and the total defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte. Day-to-day news that offers a glimpse into life in the 1800s, such as the opening of the first electric tube railway and subsequent stations, as well as articles detailing the construction of the English Channel tunnel are also included. The first-person perspectives and reporting techniques offered are certain to capture the interest of both serious researchers and those who read these documents for pure enjoyment.

This comprehensive collection features:

• Nearly 50 newspapers originating in England, Scotland and Ireland
• Many illustrations with examples of early photography
• Essays and contextual material
• Global coverage
• Newspapers selected on the basis of their importance
• Titles in specialist areas such as Victorian radicalism and Chartism
• Bibliographic headnotes
• Contextual essays regarding the role of newspapers in the Victorian age
• A chronological overview
• Capability to cross search other Gale Digital Collections

A sample list of newspapers available:

• Brighton Patriot and South of England Free Press
• The Bristol Mercury
• The Caledonian Mercury
• The Champion
• Daily News
• The Examiner
• The Public Register or Freeman's Journal
• The Graphic
• Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle
• The Hull Packet
• The Hull Packet and Original Weekly Commercial, Literary and Oxford Journal and Country News
• Jackson's Oxford Journal
• The Leeds Mercury
• Liverpool Mercury etc
• Lloyd's Illustrated London Newspaper
• Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper
• The Salford Advertiser
• The Manchester Examiner
• Manchester Examiner and Times
• Northern Echo
• The Northern Liberator
• The Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser
• The Northern Star and National Trades' Journal
• The Era
• Western Mail

Articles include:

• Coverage of the battle of Trafalgar,
  The Morning Chronicle, Nov. 7, 1805
• The last moments of Lord Nelson,
  The Morning Chronicle, Nov. 9, 1805
• The battle of Waterloo and other Napoleonic wars,
  The Morning Chronicle, June 22, 1815
• Crimean wars and the battle of Balaklava,
  The Examiner, Nov. 4, 1864
• Who is Miss Florence Nightingale,
  The Examiner, Oct. 28, 1854
• Zulu war,
  Glasgow Herald, Feb. 20, 1879
• Jack the Ripper,
  The Police Illustrated News, Sept. 8, 1888
• The cricket match that started the Ashes,
  The Pall Mall Gazette, Aug. 30, 1882
• The Industrial Revolution and the Age of Iron,
  Liverpool Mercury, Oct. 9, 1829
• The design and building of Tower Bridge,
  The Graphic, June 26, 1886
• Poetry, Lord Alfred Tennyson’s The Charge of the Light Brigade,
  The Examiner, Dec. 9 1854