Who Do You Think You Are? - Episode 39 - Behind the Headlines: 1850 Public Libraries Act

Jad Adams

Unabridged

13 minutes

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From the publisher

This year, it was established that books were for everyone - not just the rich - as the Public Libraries Act gave local boroughs the power to set up free libraries.