Bloody history of London : crime, corruption, and murder / John D. Wright.
From plagues and poverty to financial scandals, serial killers to public executions, mad monarchs to barbaric mental asylums, Bloody History of London reaches deeply into the city s long history and ranges widely across the social, political and cultural life of the metropolis. Included here are tal...
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Language: | English |
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London :
Amber Books,
[2017]
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Physical Description: | 223 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 26 cm |
Format: | Book |
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From plagues and poverty to financial scandals, serial killers to public executions, mad monarchs to barbaric mental asylums, Bloody History of London reaches deeply into the city s long history and ranges widely across the social, political and cultural life of the metropolis. Included here are tales of medieval torture in the Tower, burnings at the stake during the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, the merry debauchery of the Restoration and the market crash of the South Sea Bubble. From political skullduggery among the Tudors to the Cold War Profumo scandal and assassination of Georgy Markov, the book is a lively account across almost 2,000 years of London history. |
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Call Number: | DA677 .W75 2017 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 220) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781782745020 1782745025 9781782744962 1782744967 |