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  • The A-Z of Victorian Crime

    by Neil R. A. Bell, Kate Clarke, M.W. Oldridge, Trevor Bond ...
    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 ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • Broadmoor Revealed

    Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum

    by Mark Stevens ...
    "A fascinating insight into the country's most famous asylum for criminals" which reveals Victorian England's care and management of the mentally ill (Your Family Tree).On 27 May 1863, three coaches pulled up at the gates of a new asylum, built amongst the tall, dense pines of Windsor Forest. Broadmoor's first patients had arrived.In Broadmoor Revealed, Mark Stevens writes about what life was like ... Read more

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  • The Invention of Murder

    How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime

    by Judith Flanders ...
    "Superb... Flanders's convincing and smart synthesis of the evolution of an official police force, fictional detectives, and real-life cause célèbres will appeal to devotees of true crime and detective fiction alike." -Publishers Weekly, starred reviewIn this fascinating exploration of murder in nineteenth century England, Judith Flanders examines some of the most gripping cases that captivated ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Complete Jack The Ripper A-Z - The Ultimate Guide to The Ripper Mystery

    by Paul Begg & Martin Fido ...
    Hugely respected, extensively quoted and widely regarded as the 'bible' of Ripper studies, The Complete Jack the Ripper A to Z is the ultimate reference for anyone fascinated by the Jack the Ripper mystery. This new, rewritten, up-to-date edition includes sources and well over 100 photographs.The Complete jack the Ripper A-Z has an entry for almost every person involved in the case, from suspects ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Cheshire's Execution Files

    by Derek Yarwood ...
    By dusty decree, the county judges sent em down . . . and the city sheriffs strung em up.From Norman times to the late 19th century, Cheshire had its own unique way of disposing of the criminals condemned at its assizes. For more than 500 years the countys rulers simply handed the miscreants over to the Chester city fathers who, due to an obscure medieval tradition, were duty bound to execute them ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Jack the Ripper: The Facts

    by Paul Begg ...
    Using contemporary documents, police files, Home Office papers and newspaper reports, 'Jack the Ripper: The Facts' recreates the notorious crimes and police investigation of 1888 to provide the best available overview of the 'Great Victorian Mystery', the greatest unsolved, true crime story of all time. Written by one of the world's foremost authorities on the case, this is a completely rewritten ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • Childhood & Death in Victorian England

    by Sarah Seaton ...
    A vivid and graphic survey of the casualties of childhood during the Victorian Era through detailed and never-before-seen firsthand accounts.Take a fascinating journey into the real lives of Victorian children—how they lived, worked, played, and far too often, died before reaching adulthood. These true accounts, many of which had been hidden for more than a century, reveal the hardship and cruel ... Read more

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  • Mad or Bad

    Crime and Insanity in Victorian Britain

    by David J. Vaughan ...
    In a violent 19th century, desperate attempts by the alienists - a new wave of 'mad-doctor' - brought the insanity plea into Victorian courts. Defining psychological conditions in an attempt at acquittal, they faced ridicule, obstruction - even professional ruin - as they strove for acceptance and struggled for change. It left 'mad people' hanged for offenses they could not remember, and bad ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Yorkshire's Murderous Women

    Two Centuries of Killings

    by Stephen Wade ...
    Historical accounts of Englishwomen who have killed, their varying motives, and their final fates.Yorkshire history has its share of nasty and brutal murders, and the majority of these killers have been men. Statistics show that most homicides are men. But the records over the centuries have tales of murderous women too. Stephen Wade has investigated records across England to find stories of women ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Complete Jack The Ripper

    ‘The best yet written about the murders and their suspects’ Sunday Times

    by Donald Rumbelow ...
    Fully updated and revised, Donald Rumbelow’s classic work is the ultimate examination of the facts, theories, fictions and fascinations surrounding the greatest whodunit in history.The Complete Jack the Ripper lays out all the evidence in the most comprehensive summary ever written about the Ripper. Rumbelow, a former London Metropolitan policeman, and an authority on crime, has subjected every ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • The Old Bailey

    Eight Centuries of Crime, Cruelty and Corruption

    by Theresa Murphy ...
    This is the story of an arena of crime and degradation, of infamy and human suffering. It is the history of the Old Bailey, an institution as flawed as all man-made attempts at justice are doomed to be.In the beginning there was barbarity and injustice. The court was packed with a restless, muttering mob, eager for the verdicts of 'Guilty' so they could enjoy public executions, hurling abuse and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Jack the Ripper

    The Definitive History

    by Paul Begg ...
    'The clearest, most accurate, and most up-to-date account of the Ripper murders, by one of Britain's greatest and most respected experts on the "autumn of terror" in Victorian London.'William D. Rubenstein, Professor of Modern History, University of Wales, AberystwythEngland in the 1880s was a society in transition, shedding the skin of Victorianism and moving towards a more modern age. ... Read more

    $58.99 USD