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The Italian Boy | |||
| Murder and Grave-Robbery in 1830s London | Miscellaneous | |||
| Sarah Wise | ||||
| Cape 2004 372 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0224071769 | ||||
| Published Price £17.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| In 1831, the authorities unearthed a series of crimes in East London that appeared to echo the notorious Burke and Hare killings in Edinburgh. The bodysnatchers became known as the London Burkers and their story became 'the Italian Boy Case'. In this historical investigation, Sarah Wise not only illuminates this macabre incident, but also opens a window on the lives of ordinary lower-class Londoners in the 1830s and examines the effects of this crime on their attitudes to community and criminality. | ||||
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A Few Kind Words and a Loaded Gun | |||
| The Autobiography of a Career Criminal | Miscellaneous | |||
| Razor Smith | ||||
| Viking 2004 482 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0670914770 | ||||
| Published Price £14.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| A vivid account of how a tearaway kid from South London became a career criminal, the autobiography of Noel 'Razor' Smith is both an indictment of a system that determinedly brutalized young offenders and a frank, unsentimental acknowledgement of the thrills of the criminal life. 'Seldom does a memoir appear which has the capacity to introduce the ordinary reader to the criminal subculture without either romanticizing it or sensationalizing the material.' (Will Self) | ||||
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Sentimental Murder | |||
| Love and Madness in the Eighteenth Century | Miscellaneous | |||
| John Brewer | ||||
| HarperCollins 2004 340 pages | ||||
| Hardback 000257134X | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| In April 1779 Martha Ray, the Earl of Sandwich's mistress, was shot dead in Covent Garden; James Hackman, a young soldier, was quickly arrested and hanged for the crime. He claimed that he was suffering from 'love's madness', a confession which caused a sensation, especially since he had recently taken Holy Orders. The scandal has fascinated journalists, novelists, biographers and historians ever since, and Brewer's investigation of the case explores their changing interpretations and the relationship between the facts and later fictions. | ||||
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Uncivil Seasons | |||
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| Michael Malone | ||||
| Constable 2002 297 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1841195219 | ||||
| Published Price £6.99 | Sale Price £1.99 | |||
| Set in Hillston, North Carolina, where a rare snowstorm has covered everything, including a shocking murder, this is the first murder mystery to feature the boozy, charming Detective Justin Savile V and his wise-cracking partner Cuddy Mangum. | ||||
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