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28 produkter
Secret Poisoner
A Century of Murder
Häftad, 2019
198 kr
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Murder by poison alarmed, enthralled, and in many ways encapsulated the Victorian age. Linda Stratmann’s dark and splendid social history reveals the nineteenth century as a gruesome battleground where poisoners went head-to-head with authorities who strove to detect poisons, control their …
Secret Poisoner
A Century of Murder
E-bok, 2016
227 kr
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"This fine social history charts the changing patterns of using poison" and the forensic methods developed to detect it in the Victorian Era (The Guardian, UK). Murder by poison alarmed, enthralled, and in some ways even defined the Victorian age. Linda Stratmann''s dark and splendid social history …
Appetite for Murder
A Frances Doughty Mystery 4
Häftad, 2014
124 kr
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The sudden death of overweight 49-year-old Thomas Whibley sparks off an acrimonious furore in Bayswater, and sparks fly between rival diet doctors, vegetarians and the extremist Pure Food Society. Young sleuth Frances Doughty is engaged to discover the author of anonymous libels, when a former …
Death in Bayswater
A Frances Doughty Mystery 6
Häftad, 2016
145 kr
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LONDON 1881: Panic reigns in Bayswater as a ruthless murderer prowls the foggy streets of the nation's capital. Residents live in fear, rumours and accusations abound, and vigilante groups patrol by night. It is not, of course, a suitable investigation for a lady detective, but when a friend falls …
True and Faithful Brother
A Frances Doughty Mystery 7
Häftad, 2017
139 kr
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London 1882: When a wealthy philanthropist disappears from a locked and guarded room, Frances Doughty is reluctantly drawn into a case that tears the veil of mystery from her own past. Can London's very own Lady Detective solve this sinister new case before a murderer catches up with her and she …
Marquess of Queensberry
Wilde's Nemesis
Häftad, 2014
158 kr
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The Marquess of Queensberry is as famous for his role in the downfall of one of our greatest literary geniuses as he was for helping establish the rules for modern-day boxing. The trial and two-year imprisonment of Oscar Wilde, lover of Queensberry’s son, Lord Alfred Douglas, remains one of …
Illustrated Police News
The Shocks, Scandals and Sensations of the Week 1864-1938
Inbunden, 2019
166 kr
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The Illustrated Police News cost just a penny, providing an affordable illustrated roundup of `all the startling events of the week' from its first issue published on 20th February 1864. Promising to educate the people with fantastic features such as `BURGLARIES OF THE WEEK' and its bountiful, …
Notorious Blasted Rascal
Colonel Charteris and the Servant Girl's Revenge
Inbunden, 2008
205 kr
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The venal and depraved reputation of Colonel Francis Charteris (1672-1732), and the story of his celebrated trial for the rape of his servant girl, one of the most infamous cases of the eighteenth century, became legendary and long survived his death.In Notorious Blasted Rascal, Linda Stratmann …
Murder at the Bayswater Bicycle Club
A Frances Doughty Mystery 8
Häftad, 2018
123 kr
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London 1882: In this, her most demanding case, Frances Doughty goes undercover for Her Majesty’s Government to investigate some disturbing information regarding the apparently innocuous Bayswater Bicycle Club. Before long, she is plunged into a murky world of deadly secrets, a suspicious …
Case of Doubtful Death
A Frances Doughty Mystery 3
Häftad, 2013
123 kr
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The year is 1880. In West London, a dedicated doctor has set up a waiting mortuary on the borders of Kensal Green Cemetery, where corpses are left to decompose before burial to reassure clients that no one can be buried alive. When he collapses and dies on the same night that one of his most …
