Murder In Victorian Liverpool
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Author | : David Parry |
Publisher | : Carnegie Pub. |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011-11-30 |
Genre | : Murder |
ISBN | : 9781874181804 |
The thirty-three cases in this excellent book give a unique and fascinating insight into life in the Victorian period, in Liverpool and beyond.
Author | : Angela Brabin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2009-03 |
Genre | : Murder |
ISBN | : 9781874181606 |
This text tells the story of the murderous activities of an infamous killing syndicate operating in the heart of the Victorian city. The money-making enterprise involved a complicated 'web' of ordinary women from a poor area of Liverpool who conspired to insure & then poison their victims for the insurance pay out.
Author | : Angela Brabin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Insurance crimes |
ISBN | : |
An astonishing local book which tells the story of the murderous activities of an infamous killing syndicate of women operating in the heart of Victorian Liverpool. from a poor area of Liverpool who conspired to insure and then poison their victims for their insurance pay out. Two sisters, Catherine Flanagan and Margaret Higgins, sat at the centre of the web, preying like Black Widow spiders on their victims, including their own husbands. more probable victims and accomplices, to produce a gripping account of crime and punishment, and a real insight into working-class life in nineteenth-century Liverpool.
Author | : Ken Pye |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 2020-02-15 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 1445695944 |
A look at the dark side of life in Liverpool in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Author | : Richard Whittington-Egan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Liverpool (England) |
ISBN | : 9781904438885 |
Author | : Kate Summerscale |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2017-07-04 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 0143110462 |
Winner of the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime Book! From the internationally bestselling author, a deeply researched and atmospheric murder mystery of late Victorian-era London In the summer of 1895, Robert Coombes (age 13) and his brother Nattie (age 12) were seen spending lavishly around the docklands of East London -- for ten days in July, they ate out at coffee houses and took trips to the seaside and the theater. The boys told neighbors they had been left home alone while their mother visited family in Liverpool, but their aunt was suspicious. When she eventually forced the brothers to open the house to her, she found the badly decomposed body of their mother in a bedroom upstairs. Robert and Nattie were arrested for matricide and sent for trial at the Old Bailey. Robert confessed to having stabbed his mother, but his lawyers argued that he was insane. Nattie struck a plea and gave evidence against his brother. The court heard testimony about Robert's severe headaches, his fascination with violent criminals and his passion for 'penny dreadfuls', the pulp fiction of the day. He seemed to feel no remorse for what he had done, and neither the prosecution nor the defense could find a motive for the murder. The judge sentenced the thirteen-year-old to detention in Broadmoor, the most infamous criminal lunatic asylum in the land. Yet Broadmoor turned out to be the beginning of a new life for Robert--one that would have profoundly shocked anyone who thought they understood the Wicked Boy. At a time of great tumult and uncertainty, Robert Coombes's case crystallized contemporary anxieties about the education of the working classes, the dangers of pulp fiction, and evolving theories of criminality, childhood, and insanity. With riveting detail and rich atmosphere, Kate Summerscale recreates this terrible crime and its aftermath, uncovering an extraordinary story of man's capacity to overcome the past.
Author | : Michelle Higgs |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 151 |
Release | : 2014-02-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473834465 |
An “utterly brilliant” and deeply researched guide to the sights, smells, endless wonders, and profound changes of nineteenth century British history (Books Monthly, UK). Step into the past and experience the world of Victorian England, from clothing to cuisine, toilet arrangements to transport—and everything in between. A Visitor’s Guide to Victorian England is “a brilliant guided tour of Charles Dickens’s and other eminent Victorian Englishmen’s England, with insights into where and where not to go, what type of people you’re likely to meet, and what sights and sounds to watch out for . . . Utterly brilliant!” (Books Monthly, UK). Like going back in time, Higgs’s book shows armchair travelers how to find the best seat on an omnibus, fasten a corset, deal with unwanted insects and vermin, get in and out of a vehicle while wearing a crinoline, and avoid catching an infectious disease. Drawing on a wide range of sources, this book blends accurate historical details with compelling stories to bring alive the fascinating details of Victorian daily life. It is a must-read for seasoned social history fans, costume drama lovers, history students, and anyone with an interest in the nineteenth century.
Author | : Jan Bondeson |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 482 |
Release | : 2017-12-15 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 1445666316 |
This book features fifty-six Victorian murder cases from the files of the Illustrated Police News.
Author | : Michael Macilwee |
Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 2022-04-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1781388857 |
A survey of the social and economic conditions and events that gave Liverpool a reputation for being the most crime-ridden place in the country in the nineteenth century.
Author | : Kate Summerscale |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2016-07-12 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 0698135008 |
Winner of the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime Book! From the internationally bestselling author, a deeply researched and atmospheric murder mystery of late Victorian-era London In the summer of 1895, Robert Coombes (age 13) and his brother Nattie (age 12) were seen spending lavishly around the docklands of East London -- for ten days in July, they ate out at coffee houses and took trips to the seaside and the theater. The boys told neighbors they had been left home alone while their mother visited family in Liverpool, but their aunt was suspicious. When she eventually forced the brothers to open the house to her, she found the badly decomposed body of their mother in a bedroom upstairs. Robert and Nattie were arrested for matricide and sent for trial at the Old Bailey. Robert confessed to having stabbed his mother, but his lawyers argued that he was insane. Nattie struck a plea and gave evidence against his brother. The court heard testimony about Robert's severe headaches, his fascination with violent criminals and his passion for 'penny dreadfuls', the pulp fiction of the day. He seemed to feel no remorse for what he had done, and neither the prosecution nor the defense could find a motive for the murder. The judge sentenced the thirteen-year-old to detention in Broadmoor, the most infamous criminal lunatic asylum in the land. Yet Broadmoor turned out to be the beginning of a new life for Robert--one that would have profoundly shocked anyone who thought they understood the Wicked Boy. At a time of great tumult and uncertainty, Robert Coombes's case crystallized contemporary anxieties about the education of the working classes, the dangers of pulp fiction, and evolving theories of criminality, childhood, and insanity. With riveting detail and rich atmosphere, Kate Summerscale recreates this terrible crime and its aftermath, uncovering an extraordinary story of man's capacity to overcome the past.