{"product_id":"bloody-scotland-2","title":"Bloody Scotland","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A \u003cb\u003ehighly entertaining cure for any nostalgia\u003c\/b\u003e about Victorian values and their consequences.' \u003cb\u003eINVERNESS COURIER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE BORDERS TO THE NORTHERN ISLES, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCRIME WAS NEVER FAR AWAY.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the nineteenth century, Scotland was renowned as a land of misty glens, engineering innovation and inventive genius. But it was also the home of brutal murder, terrifying riots, cruelty to children, bank robbery and acid attacks. Women as well as men were capable of horrendous acts, and crime could strike anywhere: at home, on the road and even at sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdinburgh, with its reputation for polite decorum, was also the scene of poisoning and savagery; the dark streets of industrial Glasgow and Dundee harboured thieves and muggers; and the villages of coast and country hid wild men and vicious women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBloody Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e exposes some of the crimes, both remembered and forgotten, that rocked Scotland in those lawless times and reveals not only the criminals who perpetrated them, but also the law enforcers who fought hard to maintain order against a rising tide of crime.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'We've never been sure what it is about true crime books that make them so fascinating to the modern reader. But fascinating they are, especially when they are as\u003cb\u003e thoroughly \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eresearched \u003c\/b\u003eand as\u003cb\u003e well written \u003c\/b\u003eas Malcolm Archibald's true crime books.'\u003cb\u003e UNDISCOVERED SCOTLAND\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bonnier Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54719500321112,"sku":"9781785308253","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781785308253.jpg?v=1779183052","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/bloody-scotland-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}