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The Tower Of London Becoming A Tourist Attraction In The 19th Century, Catherine Mcdonald
The Tower Of London Becoming A Tourist Attraction In The 19th Century, Catherine Mcdonald
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Underfunded and decaying, the Tower of London’s outlook at the beginning at the 19th century was bleak. Then used as a military garrison, its former glory as a palace and prison was mostly forgotten. The Tower of London was transformed into a tourist attraction in the Victorian Age because of the rise of the middle class and the changing values that they had. The middle class valued education and wanted to use their leisure time to further their knowledge. History in particular interested them. Popular culture reflected this change in attitude about a subject previously not looked to for …