Oxford: Crime, Death and Debauchery
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A01=Giles Brindley
alternative history of oxford
Author_Giles Brindley
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Category=WQH
centre for oxfordshire studies
confessions
conmen
dark history
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footpads
gaol
hangings
infamous murders
murderers
philanderers
prison breaks
prostitutes
seedy
suicide
thefts
thieves
true crime
Product details
- ISBN 9780750938204
- Weight: 570g
- Dimensions: 172 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 30 Nov 1996
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In the city of Inspector Morse, when it comes to crime, truth may be stranger than fiction. This walk through the dark corridors of Oxford's past is populated with footpads and prostitutes, murderers and conmen, thieves and philanderers. Giles Brindley has searched the archives of the university, the Public Record Office, the Centre for Oxfordshire Studies and others to collect more than 100 accounts that paint a picture of Oxford's seedier side.
Using contemporary court records and newspaper accounts, he brings together crime stories dating from 1750 to about 1920, including: infamous murders, hangings and dying confessions, grand and daring thefts, escapes from the county gaol, suicide in the name of love, and great drinking deaths.
Dr Giles Brindley is a member of the academic staff at Oxford, managing computer systems and other research aids for the university's paediatrics department. He has been trawling the record offices and archives of the city for two years to uncover the seedier side of Oxford's history. He lives in the city.
