O Danny Boyle: Copies of Pandæmonium arrive in the Icon Books office!

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Pandæmonium 1660-1886: The Coming of the Machine as Seen by Contemporary Observers, by Humphrey Jennings and with a foreword by Frank Cottrell Boyce, will be published this Thursday.

Collecting texts taken from letters, diaries, literature, scientific journals and reports, Pandæmonium gathers a beguiling narrative as it traces the development of the machine age in Britain.

Covering the years between 1660 and 1886, it offers a rich tapestry of human experience, from eyewitness reports of the Luddite Riots and the Peterloo Massacre to more intimate accounts of child labour, Utopian communities, the desecration of the natural world, ground-breaking scientific experiments, and the coming of the railways.

Read more about Pandæmonium here. If you’re a professional reviewer on NetGalley you can request to receive a review copy here.