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Professor Jane Ridley, Alex Clark and Dr Woolf at the award ceremony

Black Victorians: Hidden in History

Written with Dr Keshia N. Abraham, Black Victorians Black Victorians shows how Black lives were visible, present and influential - not temporary presences but established and rooted.

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Professor Jane Ridley, Alex Clark and Dr Woolf at the award ceremony

The Wonders

Lifting the curtain on the Freak Show, Circus and Victorian Age.

A radical new history of the Victorian age: meet the forgotten and extraordinary freak performers whose talents and disabilities helped define an era.

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Now available as an Audible Audiobook!

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John Woolf. Writer

Dr Woolf wins Tony Lothian Prize

In December 2017, Dr Woolf won the Tony Lothian Prize, awarded by the Biographer's Club,  for his book proposal entitled Queen Victoria's Freaks. Find out more about this award here.

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