Books

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Hardback
Pen & Sword
2020
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Paperback; 2nd Edition
Pen & Sword
2020
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Hardback; 1st Edition
Pen & Sword
2015
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Paperback
McFarland
2009
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The Nonconformist Revolution

Religious dissent, innovation and rebellion

Pen and Sword
Hardback 2020

The Nonconformism Revolution explores the evolution of dissenting thought and how Nonconformity shaped the transformation of England from a rural to an urban, industrialized society...

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Paperback; 2nd Edition
2020
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Hardback; 1st Edition
2015

Cholera

The Victorian Plague

Pen and Sword
Hardback 1st Edition 2015; Paperback 2nd Edition 2020

Discover the story of the disease that devastated the Victorian population, and brought about major changes in sanitation. Drawing on the latest scientific research and a wealth of archival material, Amanda Thomas uses first-hand accounts, blending personal stories with an overview of the history of the disease and its devastating after-effects on British society...

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The Lambeth Cholera Outbreak of 1848-1849

The Setting, Causes, Course and Aftermath of an Epidemic in London

McFarland
Paperback 2009

This work brings together a unique range of sources to reveal a forgotten episode in London's history. Situated opposite Westminster on the south bank of the River Thames, by 1848 Lambeth's waterfront had become London's industrial center and a magnet to migrant workers...


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Amanda J. Thomas

Amanda J. Thomas is an author, linguist and historian with a particular interest in social and medical history.

Her books include: The Nonconformist Revolution (Pen & Sword History, 2021 and 2020), Cholera - The Victorian Plague (Pen & Sword History, 2015 (1st edition), 2020 (2nd edition)), The Lambeth Cholera Outbreak of 1848-1849: The Setting, Causes, Course and Aftermath of an Epidemic in London (McFarland, 2009); she also contributed to Dr. Andrew Hann's The Medway Valley a Kent Landscape Transformed (Victoria County History, Phillimore, 2009). Amanda's biographies of Alderman William Brenchley, JP and his daughter, the agricultural botanist Dr. Winifred Brenchley, OBE have been included in John D Beasley's, Peckham and Nunhead Biographical Dictionary and are deposited at Southwark Local History Library, London, The Gilbert Library, Rothamsted Research, Hertfordshire, and the archives of Dulwich Hamlet Junior School and James Allen's Girls' School, London.

News and Events

The Nonconformist Revolution launches!
30 June 2020

The book explores how Nonconformity shaped our modern world both in terms of industrial innovation and radical insurrection - plus the extraordinary role played by nonconformist women - the driving force behind it all! Thank you to everyone who has supported me in this monumental endeavour – especially Pen & Sword publisher Jonathan Wright.
The Lambeth Cholera Outbreak of 1848-1849 is book of the week
on the Brixton Blog
1 June 2020

Huge thanks to the Blog's Alan Slingsby. There is so much interest in pandemics at the moment - for obvious reasons - and so much to learn from the mistakes of the past!
Cholera the Victorian Plague - 2nd Edition!
29 May 2020

The second edition of Cholera the Victorian Plague is out! Thank you Pen and Sword.

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