Description
| Product ID: | 9781445689487 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The A-Z of Victorian Crime |
| Authors: | Author: Kate Clarke, Trevor Bond, Neil R. A. Bell, M.W. Oldridge |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | True crime, True crime, History, Archaeology, History, Archaeology, Modern period, c 1500 onwards |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating New paperback edition - This unique work of reference deserves a place on every true crime reader’s bookshelf. Few things are more evocative of Victorian Britain than its criminals; they are, together with railways, gas lamps and swirling fog, vital ingredients in any Victorian melodrama. The truth, however, was often stranger, more thrilling and more horrifying than fiction.In this book, four eminent crime historians reveal the realities of this aspect of Victorian life, illuminating not just the criminals and their victims, but also the policemen, forensic scientists and others who rubbed shoulders with the nineteenth-century underworld. Notorious crimes – the Road Hill Murder, the Balham Mystery and Jack the Ripper – stand alongside long-forgotten, neglected cases; the most shocking and terrifying cases appear next to everyday horrors, some stunning and some merely sad. This unique work of reference deserves a place on every true crime reader’s bookshelf. |
| Imprint Name: | Amberley Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Amberley Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-04-15 |
