The Victorians in the Rearview MirrorWhen Margaret Thatcher called in 1979 for a return to Victorian values such as hard work, self reliance, thrift, and national pride, Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock responded that Victorian values also included cruelty, misery, drudgery, squalor, and ignorance. The Victorians in the Rearview Mirror is an in depth look at the ways that the twentieth century reacted to and reimagined its predecessor. It considers how the Victorian inheritance has been