Bibliograph

Victorian murders, Jan Bondeson

Type

Label

Victorian murders, Jan Bondeson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Victorian murders

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

989968694

Responsibility statement

Jan Bondeson

Summary

This book features fifty-six Victorian cases of murder covered in the sensational weekly penny journal the Illustrated Police News between 1867 and 1900. Some of them are famous, like the Bravo Mystery of 1876, the Llangibby Massacre of 1878 and the Mrs Pearcey case of 1890; others are little-known, like the Acton Atrocity of 1880, the Ramsgate Mystery of 1893 and the Grafton Street Murder of 1894. Take your ticket for the house of horrors

Target audience

adult

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