Hidden Killers

Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home: In a genuine horror story, Suzannah Lipscomb reveals the lethal products, gadgets and conveniences that lurked in every room of the Victorian home and shows how they were unmasked.

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb takes us back to an age when asbestos socks and radio-active toothpaste were welcomed into British homes. She reveals how their lethal qualities were discovered and why some of us are still living with the consequences of our Edwardian forbears' enthusiasm for untried and untested products.

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb, takes us through the hidden perils that lurked in the Tudor home. An era in which the newly emergent middle classes had, for the first time, money for luxuries and early consumer goods, many of which contained hidden dangers that we still learn from today.

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb takes us back to a time when British people embraced modern design for the first time after years of struggle. Although this bright new era encompassed a host of social changes, it also came with deadly consequences.