Pretty Jane And The Viper Of Kidbrooke Lane

Author : Paul Thomas Murphy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781681771205

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Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane by Paul Thomas Murphy Pdf

On April 26th, 1871, a police constable walking one of London’s remotest beats stumbled upon a brutalized young woman kneeling in the muddy road. She stretched out her hand to him, collapsed in the mud, muttered, “Let me die,” and slipped into a coma. Five days later, she died, her identity still unknown.Within hours of her discovery, scores of Metropolitan Police officers were involved in the investigation, while Scotland Yard sent one of its top detectives to lead it. On the day of her death, the police discovered the girl's identity: Jane Maria Clouson, a sixteen-year-old servant to the Pooks, a respectable Greenwich family. Hours later, they arrested her master's son, twenty-year-old Edmund, for her murder.An epic tale of law and disorder, Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane is the story of the majesty—and the travesty—of the nineteenth-century British legal system. Using an abundant collection of primary sources, Paul Thomas Murphy creates a gripping narrative of the police procedural and the ensuing legal drama, and, applying contemporary forensic methods to this Victorian cold case, reveals definitively the identity of Jane Clouson's murderer.

Author : Paul Thomas Murphy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781851982

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Shooting Victoria by Paul Thomas Murphy Pdf

During her long reign, Queen Victoria was the target of no fewer than eight assassination attempts. In seven of these cases her life was saved by poor marksmanship or misfiring weaponry, but one assailant managed to strike her with a finely wrought cane. Remarkably, all eight of her attackers lived to tell their tales, and were variously incarcerated in asylums, deported to Australia, or in a few cases eventually released into society again. Paul Thomas Murphy shows how these obscure would-be assassins effected a change in history. Their attacks on Victoria galvanised her to face them down by presenting a more public face than her forebears, thereby laying the groundwork for the monarchy as we know it today. SHOOTING VICTORIA opens up a new window onto Victorian England. In exploring contemporary attitudes to madness, crime and criminality, it reveals a wealth of little-known and often surprising aspects of 19th-century British society and monarchy.

Author : Jane Lindskold
Publisher : Obsidian Tiger Inc
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Through Wolf's Eyes by Jane Lindskold Pdf

Author : Josephine Tey
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9782385086176

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The Singing Sands by Josephine Tey Pdf

On sick leave from Scotland Yard, Inspector Alan Grant is planning a quiet holiday with an old school chum to recover from overwork and mental fatigue. Traveling on the night train to Scotland, however, Grant stumbles upon a dead man and a cryptic poem about “the stones that walk” and “the singing sand,” which send him off on a fascinating search into the verse’s meaning and the identity of the deceased. Grant needs just this sort of casual inquiry to quiet his jangling nerves, despite his doctor’s orders. But what begins as a leisurely pastime eventually turns into a full-blown investigation that leads Grant to discover not only the key to the poem but the truth about a most diabolical murder.

Author : Stephen Jakobi
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781526709738

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In the Mind of a Female Serial Killer by Stephen Jakobi Pdf

Four turn-of-the-century fiends whose “crimes, even by today’s standards, are still shocking—because they were committed by women” (Yorkshire Magazine). Their names may not be as familiar as such notorious female serial killers as Aileen Wuornos, Myra Hindley, Martha Beck, or Belle Gunness. But more than a century ago they made headlines and enthralled a bloodthirsty public. Now, venturing into the darkest side of human behavior, journalist Stephen Jakobi unearths the life and crimes of four of history’s most twisted women: Agnes Norman, a London servant girl whose victims of choice were children, including three infants. Most startling is that Agnes was a child herself—only fifteen-years-old. Louie Calvert, a prostitute condemned for only one murder. But her unique death cell autobiography revealed much more to her story. Kate Webster committed one of the sickest slayings of the Victorian era. Was she also responsible for the Thames Torso Murders which rivaled Jack the Ripper? Finally, the mysterious Mrs. Willis, an English “baby farmer” whose services included foster care, wet-nursing, and infanticide. Using original research based on family-owned primary sources and government files only recently made available, In the Mind of a Female Serial Killer delves into to the grisly psyche of these infamous murderesses.

Author : Susan Dexter
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0002232286

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The Mountains of Channadran by Susan Dexter Pdf

Science fiction. Sequel to T̀he ring of Allaire,' and T̀he sword of Calandra'.

Author : Michèle Mendelssohn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780198802365

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Making Oscar Wilde by Michèle Mendelssohn Pdf

Packed with new evidence, "Making Oscar Wilde" tells the untold story of a local Irish eccentric who became a global cultural icon. This must-read book dramatizes Oscar Wilde's remarkable rise in Victorian England and post-Civil War America. Michele Mendelssohn interweaves biography and social history to reveal a life like no other.

Author : Lorraine Gamman
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-31
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781448209712

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Gone Shopping by Lorraine Gamman Pdf

Voted one of The Guardian's top 10 best crime books of all time and one of the best true crime books ever written according to Stylist Shirley Pitts, the eldest of six children was born upside down on 24 November 1934. Her 'career' began by thieving bread off doorsteps and coal from coal carts. Her father's bungled attempts at black marketeering and her dipsomaniac mother's inadequacies made Shirley resolve not only to be a first-class thief but also the best mother her six children could wish for. Before she died Shirley told her story to Lorraine - the story of a generous, brave and beautiful woman with a huge sense of fun and a love of life.

Author : Tad Williams
Publisher : Harpercollins
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0061054135

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Caliban's Hour by Tad Williams Pdf

Discovering the beautiful Miranda, the daughter of Prospero, Caliban the Beast has a single evening in which to tell her the most compelling stories she has ever heard. By the author of Tailchaser's Song. Reprint.

Author : Rolly Crump
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 098547064X

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It's Kind of a Cute Story by Rolly Crump Pdf

The Imagineers, those men and women who helped Walt Disney bring his creations to life, have achieved legendary status among theme park enthusiasts. It’s Kind Of A Cute Story is the life story of one of the most beloved Imagineers, Rolly Crump. Covering his long and varied career, including designing some of Disney’s most famous attractions and working directly with Walt himself, Rolly’s stories weave into a lighthearted yet riveting narrative of his life and accomplishments. Packed with over 200 photos, many of which have never been seen before, It’s Kind Of A Cute Story is a tribute to the life and work of a true original.

Author : Ken Follett
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781529037654

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Notre-Dame by Ken Follett Pdf

‘Two days after Notre Dame burned, I flew to Paris to appear on the TV programme La Grande Librairie for a discussion about cathedrals. The following morning I had breakfast at the Hotel Bristol with my French publisher and she asked me to write a short book about Notre Dame and what it means to all of us. She said she would donate the publisher’s profits to the rebuilding fund and, if I wished, I could do the same with my royalties. Yes, I said; of course, I’d love to.’ Ken Follett In aid of the crucial restoration work to restore Paris’s great cathedral, Notre-Dame: A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals is a moving, short piece of non-fiction celebrating the stunning history of this beloved building, from Ken Follett, author of the multi-million copy selling Kingsbridge series. This edition contains an exclusive extract from The Evening and the Morning, a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth, publishing Autumn 2020. A minimum of 50p per copy on each sale of this book will go to the charity La Fondation du Patrimoine.

Author : Andre Norton
Publisher : Ace
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0441942555

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Year of the Unicorn by Andre Norton Pdf

In the Year of the Unicorn, the Were Riders claimed the 13 brides High Hallack had promised them for their aid against Alizon. Gillan was one of them . . . but she was unknowingly of witch blood and embarked on an adventure that threatened her life, her sanity and her love.