Bread Gruel and Grim Determination. Life Inside the Victorian Workhouse

<p><strong>A brutal poetic and darkly funny deep dive into one of Britain's most infamous institutions. 70 pages of razor-sharp historical storytelling that pulls no punches.</strong></p><p>What was it like to be poor in Victorian Britain?<br>Not can't afford Netflix poor - but <em>grind-your-own-bones-into-fertiliser</em> poor.</p><p><em><strong>Bread Gruel and Grim Determination</strong></em> takes you inside the walls of the 19th-century workhouse - a place where hunger was policy families were split like firewood and suffering was called salvation. It's a short gripping history of a system designed not to help the poor but to <strong>punish</strong> them for existing.</p><p>You'll meet the bureaucrats who weaponised morality the women punished for childbirth the children processed like laundry and the rebels who dared to bite back. Told in a vivid irreverent voice this is <strong>social history with teeth</strong> - perfect for fans of <em>Dark Histories</em> <em>Empireland</em> or <em>A People's History of Poverty</em>.</p><p><em>No myths. No mercy. Just the truth - and a ladle of gruel.</em></p><p><strong>Approximate length: 70 pages.</strong><br>Part of the <strong>Dark History</strong> series.</p>