Isbn: 9781836004240 - dark london: a journey through the city's mysterious and macabre underworld (35 risultati)

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Hardback. Condizione: New. From dark crimes of passion to shocking tales of grave robbing, gruesome murders, dens of iniquity, Victorian séances and haunted houses - not far beneath London's everyday bustle and glitter there has long been a fascinatingly rich underworld of criminality, superstition, scandal and macabre debauchery. In Dark London, social historian Dr Drew Gray, a specialist in the history of crime and punishment, delves into the city's grim yet compelling past, uncovering the people and places that shaped its darker identity.  Across more than 100 real-life cases and curiosities, he explores how London became both the heart of a growing empire and a stage for vice, greed and human fallibility. Highlights include: The London Burkers, a notorious gang of resurrectionists whose leader confessed to stealing and selling nearly 1,000 bodies to London's medical schools in the 1830s. The Whitechapel Murders of 1888, still the world's longest running serial murder mystery. The prisons of Newgate and Pentonville, where shifting attitudes towards justice revealed the tension between punishment, reform and moral control. The legend of Spring-heeled Jack, the terrifying, leaping figure who caused panic across London's streets. The Great Stink of 1858, when London's polluted Thames brought the city to a standstill and forced a revolution in sanitation and public health. Dark London brings together the history of the city's seamier side, picking out the most scandalous, curious and bizarre aspects of London's shadowy underbelly. …

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. From dark crimes of passion to shocking tales of grave robbing, gruesome murders, dens of iniquity, Victorian seances and haunted graveyards - not far beneath London's everday bustle and glitter there has long been a fascinatingly rich underworld of criminality, superstition, scandal and macabre debauchery.Explore this rich seam of morbid history, case-by-case, with social historian Dr Drew Gray, a specialist in the history of crime and punishment. Who were 'The London Burkers', for example, whose ringleader confessed to stealing and selling nearly 1,000 dead bodies to keen 1830s anatomists? Why were so many opium dens located in Limehouse, and how did they become so emblematic of the city's debauched side? And why was there so much public panic about crime in Victorian London, and how did the city's notoriously rough prisons, courts, workhouses and houses of correction deal with its perpetrators?Dark London brings together the history of the city's seamier side, picking out the most scandalous, curious and bizarre aspects to portray London's shadowy and fascinating underbelly. Dark London brings together the history of the city's seamier side, picking out the most scandalous, curious and bizarre aspects to portray London's shadowy and fascinating underbelly. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardback. Condizione: New. From dark crimes of passion to shocking tales of grave robbing, gruesome murders, dens of iniquity, Victorian séances and haunted houses - not far beneath London's everyday bustle and glitter there has long been a fascinatingly rich underworld of criminality, superstition, scandal and macabre debauchery. In Dark London, social historian Dr Drew Gray, a specialist in the history of crime and punishment, delves into the city's grim yet compelling past, uncovering the people and places that shaped its darker identity.  Across more than 100 real-life cases and curiosities, he explores how London became both the heart of a growing empire and a stage for vice, greed and human fallibility. Highlights include: The London Burkers, a notorious gang of resurrectionists whose leader confessed to stealing and selling nearly 1,000 bodies to London's medical schools in the 1830s. The Whitechapel Murders of 1888, still the world's longest running serial murder mystery. The prisons of Newgate and Pentonville, where shifting attitudes towards justice revealed the tension between punishment, reform and moral control. The legend of Spring-heeled Jack, the terrifying, leaping figure who caused panic across London's streets. The Great Stink of 1858, when London's polluted Thames brought the city to a standstill and forced a revolution in sanitation and public health. Dark London brings together the history of the city's seamier side, picking out the most scandalous, curious and bizarre aspects of London's shadowy underbelly. …

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From dark crimes of passion to shocking tales of grave robbing, gruesome murders, dens of iniquity, Victorian séances, and haunted housesnot far beneath London's everyday bustle and glitter there has long been a fascinatingly rich underworld of criminality, superstition, scandal, and macabre debauchery.In Dark London, social historian Dr Drew Gray, a specialist in the history of crime and punishment, delves into the city's grim yet compelling past, uncovering the people and places that shaped its darker identity. Across more than 100 real-life cases and curiosities, he explores how London became both the heart of a growing empire and a stage for vice, greed, and human fallibility.Highlights include:- The London Burkers, a notorious gang of resurrectionists whose leader confessed to stealing and selling nearly 1,000 bodies to London's medical schools in the 1830s.- The Whitechapel Murders of 1888, still the world's longest running serial murder mystery.- The prisons of Newgate and Pentonville, where shifting attitudes towards justice revealed the tension between punishment, reform, and moral control.- The legend of Spring-heeled Jack, the terrifying, leaping figure who caused panic across London's streets.- The Great Stink of 1858, when London's polluted Thames brought the city to a standstill and forced a revolution in sanitation and public health.Dark London brings together the history of the city's seamier side, picking out the most scandalous, curious and bizarre aspects of London's shadowy and fascinating underbelly. …