Encyclopedia of London Crime and Vice

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The Encyclopedia of London Crime and Vice
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Product details

  • ISBN 9780750933032
  • Weight: 810g
  • Dimensions: 172 x 244mm
  • Publication Date: 03 Mar 2005
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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The Encyclopedia of London Crime & Vice is a richly entertaining and informative history of folly and infamy in the capital. With more than 700 entries and 100 illustrations it tells the stories of highwaymen and hermaphrodites, perverts and poisoners, forgers and fences, murderers and madams, rakes and rookeries. This unique overview of London crime covers an enormous chronological span, from Roman London to the present, and deals with topics from the Adams Gang to the Kray brothers.

Fergus Linnane is a writer and journalist who has worked on the Daily Mail and the Sun and was night editor of the Daily Mirror, executive editor of the European and editor of the English language Moscow News. His previous books include London's Underworld.

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