Rivals of the Ripper. Unsolved Murders of Women in Late Victorian London, Paperback - Jan Bondeson

The ghoulish handiwork of nineteenth-century London - the rivals of the Ripper.Illustrations: 171 Illustrations, black and white

Explores life in the Victorian police force from the time of Jack the Ripper, from training to discovering a murder.

One of the most notorious Victorian murders was committed by Dr George Henry Lamson, who stood trial in 1882 for poisoning his crippled brother-in-...

DescriptionThis book makes use of a privately held archive of Illustrated Police News to describe strange, macabre, and uncanny episodes from the V...

'The Darkened Room' looks at the central role played by women as healers, mediums, and believers in the golden age of spiritualism in the late Vict...

The Amazing Accounts And Horrific Stories Of The Worlds Most Well Known Unsolved Murders, Murder Mysteries And Unsolved Crimes Crime, specifically ...

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Graphic reconstructions of unsolved London murders of the interwar years. Shows how the murderers got away with their crimes.Illustrations: 60 blac...

Which of Edinburgh's most gruesome murders has happened in your street? And were they committed by Burke and Hare, by the Stockbridge Baby-Farmer, ...

A unique guidebook that explores the darker side of London's history

Gordon Frederick Cummins: Blackout Ripper, or convenient patsy?Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Stephen WynnIllustration(s): 32 black and...

DescriptionEXCERPT: The death of Mrs. Bates, a very old lady whose hearing had long since gone and who had spent her last few months either in her ...

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The true story of how Peter Sutcliffe's terrible reign of terror claimed at least twenty-two more lives.Publisher: John Blake Publishing LtdAuthor(...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Nancy J. PriceEditor: Click AmericanaJust before the turn of the century, women found out about the latest "handsome" and "...

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In the summer of 1930, two federal prohibition agents were murdered - one in a hail of buckshot in Aguilar, Colorado; the other disappearing on a s...

Women and Slavery in the Late Ottoman Empire: The Design of Difference - Madeline Zilfi

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Over 200 stunning archive photographs, most of which have never been published before, illustrate this mesmerising guide to Victorian London seen t...

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Five devastating human stories and a dark and moving portrait of Victorian London--the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper Polly, A...

Timetravellers guide to Victorian London

Bizarre Murders and Disturbing Disappearances: That Remain Unsolved till This Day When a crime goes unsolved, it can be frustrating and heartbreaki...

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A study of the internal tensions of British imperial rule told through murder and insanity trialsPublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Catheri...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): Paul WoodsNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 28Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescope...

Five women who were killed by Jack the Ripper are imbued with the proper human complexity often removed from their parts in accounts of the notorio...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Tom WescottGroundbreaking history and exciting investigative journalism combine in a work jam-packed with newly unearthed f...

The only mainstream anthology to bring together the defining Gothic tales of the 1890sComplements and deepens the context for the most enduring Got...

Mark Gorman examines the key role played by popular protest in the mid-Victorian campaigns to preserve Epping Forest and other open spaces in and n...

On 2 August 1876, a young policeman named Constable Nicholas Cock was shot dead while walking `the beat' at Whalley Range, Manchester. Although no ...

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The fascinating companion volume to the first three novels in Philippa Gregory's bestselling Cousins' War series

Reducere. In Victorian London, long before the term serial killer was coined, two series of murders played out that have captured the imagination of the whol...

A rich and evocative account of the life and work of Britain's favourite composer from one of our finest conductors.

Covers 13 crimes that are as baffling as they are fascinating.

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Reducere. A CAPTIVATING HISTORICAL MURDER MYSTERY SET IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND This is a revised and updated edition of THE MALVERN MURDERS. Before Jack the Ripp...

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Twenty of the world's most infamous unsolved murders are opened up in compelling detail, taking in cases which continue to capture the public imagi...