Jensen delves into contemporary memoirs, trial proceedings, periodicals, and other sources to capture an 'astonishingly eloquent collective,' emphasizing the diversity of experiences based on class, race, country of origin, and gender.
As highlighted by a Londoner struggling with hunger, the narrative unfolds with a profound question – 'Hungry in a land of plenty, I began seriously for the first time in my life to enquire, WHY - a dangerous question… isn't it, for a poor man to ask?'
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