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Crime and Criminals of Victorian England

By (author) Adrian Gray
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: The History Press Ltd, Stroud, United Kingdom
Published: 11th Jan 2011
Dimensions: w 149mm h 235mm d 15mm
Weight: 235g
ISBN-10: 0752452800
ISBN-13: 9780752452807
Barcode No: 9780752452807
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Synopsis
Dark and foggy Victorian streets, the murderous madman, the arsenic-laced evening meal - we all think we know the realities of Victorian crime. Adrian Gray's thrilling book recounts the classic murders, by knife and poison, but it also covers much more, taking the reader into less familiar parts of Victorian life, uncovering the wicked, the vengeful, the foolish and the hopeless amongst the criminal world of the nineteenth century. Here you will encounter the women who sold their children, corrupt bankers, smugglers, highwaymen, the first terrorists, bloodthirsty mutineers and petty thieves; you will meet the 'mesmerists' who fooled a credulous public, and even the Salvation Army band that went to gaol. Gray journeys through the cities, villages, lanes, mills and sailing ships of the period, ranging from Carlisle to Cornwall, showing how our laws today have been shaped by what the Victorians considered acceptable - or made illegal.

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