In this fascinating exploration of the seedy underside of London life in the Victorian era, Adrian Gray provides a rich picture of the sheer variety of criminal activity in the city. While taking care to cover the familiar Dickensian themes of grisly murders and ragged street urchins, he also uses a range of dramatic but forgotten cases as evidence for patterns of crime, and to illustrate the causes and effects of changes in criminal law. Starting with murder and other violent crimes, he shows how pure greed and genuine ...
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In this fascinating exploration of the seedy underside of London life in the Victorian era, Adrian Gray provides a rich picture of the sheer variety of criminal activity in the city. While taking care to cover the familiar Dickensian themes of grisly murders and ragged street urchins, he also uses a range of dramatic but forgotten cases as evidence for patterns of crime, and to illustrate the causes and effects of changes in criminal law. Starting with murder and other violent crimes, he shows how pure greed and genuine mental illness were both responsible for unpleasant cases - such as the murder of an elderly aristocrat in his bed or the poisoning of a series of 'working girls'.
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New. Provides a picture of the variety of criminal activity in the city. This illustrated book shows how both pure greed and genuine mental illness were responsible for unpleasant cases-such as the murder of an elderly aristocrat in his bed or the poisoning of a series of 'working girls'. It is of interest to London and Victorian historians. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 184 x 16. Weight in Grams: 578. 2006. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
