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Product details
- ISBN 9780752471532
- Dimensions: 165 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2012
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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This chilling collection brings together true-life historical murders that shocked not only the city but frequently made headline news throughout the country. Cases featured here include riots in 1791, a bank robbery in 1844 and an arson attack in 1912. Murder most foul also raises it’s ugly head, with John Thompson stabbed his common-law wife in a fit of drunken jealousy in 1861, and Mary Albion is murdered in her bed when a robbery went wrong in 1898. Vanessa Morgan’s well-illustrated and enthralling text will appeal to everyone interested in true crime and the shadier side of Birmingham’s past.
VANESSA MORGAN has lived in Worcestershire all her life and as a genealogist worked for 34 years researching family and local history in Worcestershire, Birmingham and Warwickshire. As a speaker she has a repertoire of talks, which she gives to different types of groups of all sizes – history societies, family history groups, Probus, WI etc. All her talks are on either historical topics or relate to family and local history. She has written numerous articles for genealogical magazines.
