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  • Chloroform

    The Quest for Oblivion

    Chloroform, discovered in 1831 by three independent researchers - an American, a German and a Frenchman - has had multitude of roles. This engaging and entertaining book traces the social, medical and criminal history of the drug.Initially viewed with suspicion, chloroform gained immense popularity after it was administered to Queen Victoria during childbirth. Used in the Crimean, Punjab and ... Read more

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  • The Secret Poisoner

    A Century of Murder

    "This fine social history charts the changing patterns of using poison" and the forensic methods developed to detect it in the Victorian Era ( The Guardian, UK).Murder by poison alarmed, enthralled, and in some ways even defined the Victorian age. Linda Stratmann's dark and splendid social history reveals the nineteenth century as a gruesome battleground where poisoners went head-to-head with ... Read more

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  • The Poisonous Seed

    A Frances Doughty Mystery 1

    Series Book 1 - A Frances Doughty Mystery
    When a customer of William Doughty's chemist shop dies of strychnine poisoning after drinking medicine he dispensed, William is blamed, and the family faces ruin. William's daughter, nineteen year old Frances, determines to redeem her ailing father's reputation and save the business. She soon becomes convinced that the death was murder, but unable to convince the police, she turns detective. Armed ... Read more

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  • Greater London Murders

    33 Stories of Revenge, Jealousy, Greed and Lust

    Series series True Crime History
    This compendium brings together thirty-three murderous tales — one from each of the capital's boroughs — that not only shocked the City but made headline news across the country. Throughout its history the great urban sprawl of Greater London has been home to some of the most shocking murders in England, many of which have made legal history. Contained within the pages of this book are the stories ... Read more

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  • Kent Murders

    Series series True Crime History
    Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in Kent's history. Linda Stratmann re-examines some of the historic crimes that shocked not only the county but Britain as a whole. Among the gruesome cases featured here are the doctor who was poisoned with morphine in Faversham; the couple who were brutally battered to death in their beds in ... Read more

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  • Essex Murders

    Series series True Crime History
    The county of Essex has rolling arable farmland, Epping Forest, sleepy villages, busy market towns and secluded backwaters - a wide variety of settings for murder. This selection of crimes uncovers not only famous cases, but also previously unpublished dramatic and tragic tales. The accounts included here come from a time when murder was a capital offence, carrying the ultimate penalty for the ... Read more

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  • Fraudsters and Charlatans

    A Peek at some of History's Greatest Rogues

    In 1817 a young woman of exotic appearance was found wandering near Bristol. She spoke in a language that no one could understand except, seemingly, a Portuguese sailor. He claimed that she was a Sumatran princess from the island of Javasu. Princess Caraboo, as she was known, became a national celebrity and lived in a grand style, entertaining many distinguished visitors. A few weeks later, ... Read more

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  • The Marquess of Queensberry

    Wilde's Nemesis

    The Marquess of Queensberry is as famous for his role in the downfall of one of our greatest literary geniuses as he was for helping establish the rules for modern-day boxing. The trial and two-year imprisonment of Oscar Wilde, lover of Queensberry’s son, Lord Alfred Douglas, remains one of literary history’s great tragedies. However, Linda Stratmann's riveting biography of the Marquess paints ... Read more

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  • Death in Bayswater

    A Frances Doughty Mystery 6

    Series Book 6 - A Frances Doughty Mystery
    London 1881: Panic reigns in Bayswater as a ruthless murderer prowls the foggy streets of the nation's capital. Residents live in fear, rumours and accusations abound, and vigilante groups patrol by night. It is not, of course, a suitable investigation for a lady detective, but when a friend falls victim to the killer's knife, Frances Doughty is drawn into this sinister new case. Myth and reality ... Read more

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  • Gloucestershire Murders

    Series series True Crime History
    Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in Gloucestershire's history. The cases covered here record the county's most fascinating but least known crimes, as well as famous murders that gripped not just Gloucestershire but the whole nation. From the Cheltenham torso murder to the Campden Wonder, when William Harrison returned to Chipping ... Read more

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  • Murder at the Bayswater Bicycle Club

    A Frances Doughty Mystery 8

    Series Book 8 - A Frances Doughty Mystery
    London 1882: In this, her most demanding case, Frances Doughty goes undercover for Her Majesty's Government to investigate some disturbing information regarding the apparently innocuous Bayswater Bicycle Club. Before long, she is plunged into a murky world of deadly secrets, a suspicious disappearance and a brutal murder, and the Lady Detective is forced to do the unthinkable to avoid becoming the ... Read more

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  • Whiteley's Folly

    The Life and Death of a Salesman

    Whiteleys was the Harrods of the 19th century. Its clients included English and overseas royalty and it offered - and delivered - "Everything from a pin to an Elephant". Created by William Whiteley, a draper's assistant from Yorkshire, who come to London with just a few pounds in his pocket, it was a remarkable achievement by a remarkable man. ... Read more

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