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Brighton and Hove Murders & Misdemeanours
Janet Cameron
A gruesome look at the dark side of life, Victorian-style, when nothing was quite as it seemed and a public execution could be an entertaining family day out. Murderers, poachers, thieves, pickpockets and vagabonds all went about their business with impunity.
235 x 165 mm | paperback | 96 pages | 50 authentic illustrations
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9781848681675
£ 11.69
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Canal Crimes
Robert Davies
Crime and punishment on the waterways between London and
Liverpool in the 1800 and 1900s.
248 x 172 mm | paperback | 192 pages | 180 b&w illustrations
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9781445600451
£ 13.49
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Chichester Murders and Misdemeanours
Philip MacDougall
This book provides a gruesome insight into Chichester’s murders and misdemeanours.
235 x 165 mm | paperback | 128 pages | 50 black and white illustrations
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9781848682085
£ 11.69
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Death and Disaster in Victorian Telford
Allan Frost
Death and Disaster in Victorian Telford provides an engaging account of Victorian attitudes towards death.
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9781848683891
£ 11.69
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Death Ride from Fenchurch Street and other Victorian Railway Murders
Arthur & Mary Sellwood
Death Ride From Fenchurch
Street and Other Victorian
Murders is a factual and vivid
account of a series of murders,
all committed on Britain’s
railways.
235 x 165 mm | paperback | 160 pages
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9781848684959
£ 11.69
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Durham Murders & Misdemeanours
John Van der Kiste
A look at the dark side of life, Victorian-style, when nothing was quite as it
seemed and a public execution could be an entertaining family day out.
Murderers, poachers, thieves, pickpockets and vagabonds all went about their
business with impunity. Crime took place on the streets, on public transport, in
homes, pubs, prisons, asylums, workhouses and brothels - it was all part of
everyday life in Durham in the late 1800s.
235 x 165 mm | paperback | 128 pages | 40 black and white illustrations
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9781848681491
£ 11.69
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Edinburgh Murders & MisdemeanoursDavid Brandon & Alan Brooke
A look at the dark side of life, Victorian-style, when nothing was quite as it
seemed and a public execution could be an entertaining family day out.
Murderers, poachers, thieves, pickpockets and vagabonds all went about their
business with impunity. Crime took place on the streets, on public transport, in
homes, pubs, prisons, asylums, workhouses and brothels - it was all part of
everyday life in Edinburgh in the late 1800s.
235 x 165 mm | paperback | 128 pages | 60 b&w illustrations
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9781848681736
£ 11.69
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Escapes From the Noose
Stephen Wade
Escapes From the Noose tells the story of pardons and reprieves in
Britain from medieval times to the end of hanging in 1964.
The book comprises a collection of casebook stories, covering issues in
criminal justice such as legal defences of insanity and provocation, from
the days of savage punishment to the more enlightened years when
insanity was better understood.
235 x 165 mm | paperback | 128 pages | 80 b&w illustrations
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9781848682320
£ 11.69
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Hertfordshire Secrets & Spies
Pamela Shields
An intriguing look at the history of spying and spies in and around Hertfordshire.
Pamela Shields takes the reader through a thoroughly absorbing collection of
stories from Chaucer and the Knights Templar to John le Carre and on to the
1980s when Anthony Blunt was revealed as a long-time Soviet agent. It’s
astonishing that so many spies had Hertfordshire connections. They probably
still have - you just never know who you’re rubbing shoulders with!
235 x 165 mm | paperback | 128 pages | 50 black and white illustrations
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9781848687882
£ 11.69
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Jack the Ripper: Case Closed
Andrew Cook
Written by the historical consultant of the Channel 5 documentary Jack The Ripper — Tabloid Myth in the Revealed documentary strand, due to be broadcast in May 2009, this book finally solves the mystery of the Victorian serial killer who murdered and mutilated up to 11 women in London in 1888.
234 x 156 mm | hardback | 240 pages | 50 illustrations
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9781848683273
£ 17.09
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Jonathan Wild: Conman and Cutpurse
John Van der Kiste
The first book to explore, in depth, the myths and legends surrounding this notorious criminal.
235 x 165 mm | paperback | 128 pages | 20 mono illustrations
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9781848682191
£ 11.69
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More Murderous Bolton
Steve Fielding
An exciting second helping of true
stories, vividly recreating a series of
heinous murders committed in and
around the Bolton area.
235 x 165 mm | paperback | 128 pages | 40 b&w illusttations
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9781848683099
£ 11.69
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Murderous Bolton
Steve Fielding
Murderous Bolton provides an insight into the dark side of life. This collection of true stories vividly recreates a series of heinous murders committed in Bolton.
235 x 165 mm | paperback | 128 pages | illustrations
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9781848683082
£ 11.69
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Murders & Misdemeanours in Gloucestershire 1820-29
Malcolm Hall
In relating the cases heard in the Courts of the County Assize in
Gloucestershire nearly two centuries ago this book offers a
variety of examples of the sins and sinners of those days, together with a fascinating insight into the consequences of those
wrongdoings.
234 x 156 mm | paperback | 160 pages | fully illustrated throughout
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9781848680463
£ 11.69
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Murders & Misdemeanours in The West End of London 1800-1850
David Brandon and Alan Brooke
A look at the dark side of life, Victorian-style, when nothing was quite as it
seemed and a public execution could be an entertaining family day out.
Murderers, poachers, thieves, pickpockets and vagabonds all went about their
business with impunity. Crime took place on the streets, on public transport, in
homes, pubs, prisons, asylums, workhouses and brothels - it was all part of
everyday life.
235 x 165 mm | paperback | 128 pages | 30 black and white illustrations
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9781848685246
£ 11.69
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Norwich Murders & Misdemeanours
Frank Meers
A gruesome look at the crimes and
mysteries of Norwich.
235 x 165 mm | paperback | 128 pages | 36 black and white illustrations
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9781848684577
£ 11.69
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South Shields: Murders & Misdemeanours
Laurie Curry
A gruesome look at the Crimes and Mysteries of South Shields.
235 x 165 mm | paperback | 96 pages | 50 illustrations
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9781848681774
£ 11.69
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The Jack The Ripper Location Photographs
Dutfield’s Yard And The Whitby Collection
Phillip Hutchinson
A must have book for Jack the Ripper historians – the first collection of its kind, including a previously unpublished image of Elizabeth Stride.
235 x 165 mm | paperback | 128 pages | 40 black and white illustrations
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9781848687844
£ 11.69
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The Man Who Hunted Jack the Ripper
Edmund Reid — Victorian Detective
Stewart P Evans and Nicholas Connell
A new and exciting insight into the detective responsible for hunting Jack the Ripper.
235 x 156 mm | paperback | 160 pages | 16 illustrations
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9781848682603
£ 13.49
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West Midlands Murders
Mike Posner
A look at the dark side of life, Victorian-style, when nothing was quite as it
seemed and a public execution could be an entertaining family day out.
Murderers, poachers, thieves, pickpockets and vagabonds all went about their
business with impunity. Crime took place on the streets, on public transport, in
homes, pubs, prisons, asylums, workhouses and brothels - it was all part of
everyday life in the Black Country in the late 1800s.
235 x 165 mm | paperback | 160 pages | 60 b&w illustrations
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9781848683143
£ 11.69
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Yarmouth Murders & MisdemeanoursFrank Meeres
Nineteenth century crime and punishment in Yarmouth.
235 x 165 mm | paperback | 128 pages | 50 b&w illustrations
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9781848684591
£ 11.69
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Yorkshire Murders & Misdemeanours
Stephen Wade
Yorkshire Murders & Misdemeanours invites the reader to take a look at the
dark side of life. This gruesome collection of historical murders and
misdemeanours vividly brings to life a selection of true crimes; crimes which
took place on the streets, on public transport, in homes, pubs, prisons,
workhouses and brothels.
235 x 165 mm | paperback | 128 pages | 60 b&w illustrations
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9781848685598
£ 11.69
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Young Offenders
Juvenile Delinquency 1700 - 2000
Pamela Horn
A fascinating and very readable exploration of how young offenders have passed through the legal justice system over 300 years.
234 x 156 mm | hardback | 192 pages | 50 b&w illustrations
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9781848688803
£ 22.50
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