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Infamous Victorians
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Author : Giles St Aubyn
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2013-01-17
Infamous Victorians written by Giles St Aubyn and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-17 with History categories.
'Even the lives of scoundrels play some part in portraying an age...' Our interest in all things Victorian - in the seamy side of the era especially - is ageless and undimmed. Giles St. Aubyn's Infamous Victorians, first published in 1971, stands as a brilliant illumination of two dark stories of the time, replete with sinister elements of iniquity and hypocrisy. In the first fifty years of Victoria's reign two doctors were hanged after being found guilty of murder at the Central Criminal Court. Both men were 32 years old, both poisoners, both murdered for money. Dr William Palmer was a notorious figure, tried for a single murder though he almost certainly killed others. Dr George Lamson was a morphia addict convicted of killing his crippled young brother-in-law at Blenheim House school. Giles St. Aubyn restores them to life on the page, examines their careers and assesses their guilt.
Infamous Victorians
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Author : Giles St Aubyn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971-01-01
Infamous Victorians written by Giles St Aubyn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971-01-01 with categories.
The Infamous Mrs Gallagher
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Author : Susan Bennett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-12-08
The Infamous Mrs Gallagher written by Susan Bennett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-08 with categories.
Social Evil, or prostitution, was rife in Victorian Britain despite the many attempts to contain it. The law courts were a battle ground as passionate speakers exhorted respectable Victorian gentlemen and their good ladies to support them. In their quest for suppression and repression, with prostitutes their satanic enemy they were up against Madams like Jane Gallagher who made the most of it, winning court case after court case, as well as living a remarkable life!'Why, there is not a place of public amusement in the whole of the city which is not utilised night after night by some class of women or other for assignations; even the newspapers as you know, are daily made the medium of some meeting or other; you will find a batch of them in some editions. You would be astonished if I told you the number and character of certain places. They include every kind I should think; business houses, private houses, hotels, restaurants etc - anything, in fact, with walls and a ceiling. 'But at the end of the day there was no stopping social evil. As Josephine Butler said: 'It is a fatuous belief that you can oblige human beings to be moral by force, and in so doing that you may in some way promote social purity.'
Never Kiss A Notorious Marquess
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Author : Renee Ann Miller
language : en
Publisher: Zebra Books
Release Date : 2019-04-30
Never Kiss A Notorious Marquess written by Renee Ann Miller and has been published by Zebra Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-30 with Fiction categories.
USA Today bestselling author Renee Ann Miller continues her Infamous Lords series perfect for fans of Lenora Bell and Kelly Bowen! They are the infamous lords, notorious noblemen whose scandalous ways keep tongues wagging. But when darker whispers take hold, a spirited writer’s encounter with a dangerously desirable nobleman may uncover the whole story . . . For James Trent, Lord Huntington, there’s no escaping the question that labeled him The Murdering Marquess: was his wife’s death a tragic accident or a cold-blooded crime? He’s avoided London’s gossipmongers since that terrible night, as guardian to his younger siblings on his Essex estate. But trouble finds him when a veiled temptress with secrets of her own falls—quite literally—into his arms. Caroline Lawrence doesn’t need a man to rescue her—the aspiring journalist anonymously advocates for women’s rights in a radical London newspaper column. But when a suffragist’s soapbox speech turns to pandemonium, Caroline is knocked on the head and reawakens in Trent Hall—with the notorious lord of the manor irresistibly close. If there is any truth to his tarnished past, she should denounce him with her powerful pen. Yet love has a way of revealing a man’s true character . . . Praise for The Infamous Lords series “Fun and charming.” —Publishers Weekly “Richly written…infused with humor, will charm readers and keep them turning the pages.” —Booklist
Dirty Old London
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Author : Lee Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2014-01-01
Dirty Old London written by Lee Jackson and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-01 with History categories.
In Victorian London, filth was everywhere: horse traffic filled the streets with dung, household rubbish went uncollected, cesspools brimmed with "night soil," graveyards teemed with rotting corpses, the air itself was choked with smoke. In this intimately visceral book, Lee Jackson guides us through the underbelly of the Victorian metropolis, introducing us to the men and women who struggled to stem a rising tide of pollution and dirt, and the forces that opposed them. Through thematic chapters, Jackson describes how Victorian reformers met with both triumph and disaster. Full of individual stories and overlooked details--from the dustmen who grew rich from recycling, to the peculiar history of the public toilet--this riveting book gives us a fresh insight into the minutiae of daily life and the wider challenges posed by the unprecedented growth of the Victorian capital.
The Victorian World
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Author : Ginger S. Frost
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2018-09-20
The Victorian World written by Ginger S. Frost and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-20 with History categories.
An introduction to the myths and realities of the history of Victorian Britain, with accompanying primary sources. While the Victorian era captivates many today, much of what people believe about the Victorian world is actually false. This book looks at nine specific myths about Victorian Britain, explaining how the myths perpetuated and then showing why they are inaccurate. Coverage spans 1830–1914, from shortly before Victoria's reign to World War I. The book is organized in three sections, beginning with social issues, then cultural ones, and ending with politics and war. The social sections pull in the reader by discussing the most common myths about the Victorians—their sexual prudery, strict gender roles, and infamous views of the family—while offering counterpoints to the myths. The cultural section moves into humor, criminal justice issues, and race, and the political section caps the book with discussions of the Industrial Revolution, foreign affairs, and war. Included are a large number of primary source documents showing how the misconceptions became popular, along with evidence for what scholars now believe to be the truths behind the myths.
The Wicked Boy
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Author : Kate Summerscale
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2017-07-04
The Wicked Boy written by Kate Summerscale and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-04 with True Crime categories.
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.
Criminal Conversations
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Author : Judith Rowbotham
language : en
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Release Date : 2005
Criminal Conversations written by Judith Rowbotham and has been published by Ohio State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
"The essays in this book set out to explore the ways in which Victorians used newspapers to identify the causes of bad behavior and its impacts, and the ways in which they tried to "distance" criminals and those guilty of "bad" behavior from the ordinary members of society, including identification of them as different according to race of sexual orientation. It also explores how threats from within "normal" society were depicted and the panic that issues like "baby-farming" caused." "Victorian alarm was about crimes and bad behavior which they saw as new or unique to their period - but which were not new then and which, in slightly different dress, are still causing panic today. What is striking about the essays in this collection are the ways in which they echo contemporary concerns about crime and bad behavior, including panics about "new" types of crime. This has implications for modern understandings of how society needs to understand crime, demonstrating that while there are changes over time, there are also important continuities."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Poisoner
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Author : Stephen Bates
language : en
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Release Date : 2014-05-15
The Poisoner written by Stephen Bates and has been published by Harry N. Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-15 with True Crime categories.
Palmer was convicted of poisoning and suspected in the murders of dozens of others, including his best friend, his wife, and his mother-in-law--and cashing in on their insurance to fuel his worsening gambling addiction. Highlighting his gruesome penchant for strychnine, the trial made news across both the Old World and the New. Palmer gripped readers not only in Britain--Queen Victoria wrote of "that horrible Palmer" in her journal--but also was a different sort of murderer than the public had come to fear--respectable, middle class, personable--and consequently more terrifying. But as the gallows door dropped, one question still gnawed at many who knew the case: Was Palmer truly guilty? The first major retelling of William Palmer's story in over sixty years, The Poisoner takes a fresh look at the infamous doctor's life and disputed crimes. Using previously undiscovered letters from Palmer and new forensic examination of his victims, journalist Stephen Bates presents not only an astonishing and controversial revision of Palmer's life but takes the reader into the very psyche of a killer.
Poisoned Lives
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Author : Katherine D. Watson
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2006-08-23
Poisoned Lives written by Katherine D. Watson and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-23 with History categories.
Here is a valuable, and fascinating, piece of social history. Watson sheds new light on a macabre yet frequently misunderstood subject.