Murders & Misdemeanours – serie
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Manchester Murders and Misdemeanours
Häftad, 2023
181 kr
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Manchester in the century between 1850 and 1950 witnessed extraordinary growth and changes. In the mid-nineteenth century, Manchester was the world’s first industrialised city, home of the Industrial Revolution and known as ‘Cottonopolis’. It was a city of immigrants from the countryside, Ireland, …
Portsmouth Murders and Misdemeanours
Häftad, 2022
183 kr
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Portsmouth’s position on the south coast of England has meant it has been an important port for centuries, and the heavily fortified home of the Royal Navy. Industries surrounding the naval docks and shipbuilding led Portsmouth to become one of the most heavily industrialised areas in the country …
Cheshire Murders and Misdemeanours
Häftad, 2023
183 kr
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In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Cheshire was a thriving part of the north-west of England. Bordered by Liverpool and Manchester to the north, much of the county was rural and agricultural, centred on the historic county city of Chester, the market towns of Macclesfield, Winsford and …
Bath Murders and Misdemeanours
Av Mick Davis
Häftad, 2022
187 kr
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The ancient city of Bath has always attracted visitors, flourishing in the Georgian era and becoming home for the fashionable and wealthy. The city was rebuilt to reflect its new status and although areas were devastated by aerial attacks in the Second World War and the misguided destruction of the …
Kent Murders and Misdemeanours
Häftad, 2025
187 kr
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Kent is the largest and most heavily populated of the home counties. It is a county of contrasts: in the north and west it borders London and its population there has moved to and from the metropolis for centuries, but it is also known for agricultural produce and heavy industries including coal …
Herefordshire Murders and Misdemeanours
Av David Phelps
Häftad, 2024
187 kr
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Herefordshire is still a largely rural and agricultural county, centred on the cathedral city of Hereford, but it has had infamous and bloody events in its past, including shocking murders and appalling crimes. From the only British solicitor to be hanged for murder to the still mysterious death of …
Bradford Murders and Misdemeanours
Häftad, 2026
187 kr
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In the century between 1850 and 1950 Bradford witnessed extraordinary growth and changes. Its wealth was based on the textile industry, and the city became known as the ‘wool capital of the world’. It was a city of migrants, many from Ireland, and despite the efforts of philanthropic industrialists …
Southport Murders and Misdemeanours
Av Geoff Wright
Häftad, 2030
187 kr
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Southport’s history goes back to its development as a seaside resort on the Lancashire coast in late Georgian England. Visitors arrived by the newly built Leeds and Liverpool Canal nearby, later by railway, and the town’s population grew rapidly in the nineteenth century. In Southport Murders and …
Warwickshire Murders and Misdemeanours
Häftad, 2026
187 kr
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Although areas of Warwickshire became industrialised in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries, much of the county remains rural. The history of crime in the county encompasses small towns and villages in the countryside, historic market towns such as Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon, …
Stoke-on-Trent Murders and Misdemeanours
Häftad, 2026
187 kr
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Stoke-on-Trent in the century between 1850 and 1950 witnessed huge changes. During the Victorian period the population in the area grew rapidly, attracted by employment opportunities in the pottery industry, and in 1910 a new borough of Stoke-on-Trent was formed from a confederation of the Six …
Eastbourne Murders and Misdemeanours
Av Kevin Gordon
Häftad, 2026
187 kr
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For much of Eastbourne’s history it was a collection of small settlements on the Sussex coast. In the eighteenth century select visitors came to enjoy the sea air and the coast became fortified against the threat of invasion by Napoleon. The arrival of the railways in the Victorian era brought …
Worcester Murders and Misdemeanours
Häftad, 2027
183 kr
Kommande
Worcester’s history goes back to a Roman settlement beside the River Severn later occupied by the Anglo-Saxons and murders and other serious crimes have been committed in the city since its beginnings although the types and methods of these crimes varied through time, from highway robbery to …
Weymouth and Portland Murders and Misdemeanours
Av Mick Davis
Häftad, 2026
187 kr
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Weymouth has been a major sea port on England’s south coast since the Middle Ages and although it became a popular resort through King George III’s patronage and later when the railways arrived, the area also developed a strong military presence in the nineteenth century with barracks being built …
Notting Hill and North Kensington Murders and Misdemeanours
Av Mick Davis
Häftad, 2026
183 kr
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Before its present-day affluence, the Notting Hill area of London once had a second-to-none reputation for its criminality. Victorian developers sought to bring in wealthy Londoners to the large villas, but in the twentieth century the houses became multi-occupancy and the area synonymous with …
Liverpool Murders and Misdemeanours
Av Ken Pye
Häftad, 2020
187 kr
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This book brings to life a selection of the most notorious, and grimmest, murders and other crimes in and around Liverpool from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries.The tales include ‘Fire in the Menagerie’, ‘Murderous Propaganda Against Prostitution’, ‘HMS Thetis - A Floating …
Preston Murders and Misdemeanours
Häftad, 2020
187 kr
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A Preston Chronicle newspaper headline in 1866 of ‘Thievery, Knavery & Harlotry in Preston’ described a town struggling with crime and its consequences. Justice had been swift from the days of horse thieves and highwaymen, when the gloom of the gallows or transportation brought fear to the less …
Murders & Misdemeanours in Gloucestershire 1820-29
Häftad, 2008
204 kr
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In relating the cases heard in the Courts of the County Assize in Gloucestershire nearly two centuries ago this book offers a variety of examples of the sins and sinners of those days, together with a fascinating insight into the consequences of those wrongdoings. The punishments awarded varied …
