The Apprentice of Split Crow Lane
the story of the carr's hill murder
$44.21
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
28 August 2017
Summary
The Apprentice of Split Crow Lane: A Victorian Murder Revisited
A Victorian Murder. A Victorian Madman. A Modern Judgement.
Gateshead, April 1866
The Apprentice of Split Crow Lane takes the forgotten case of a child murder in 1866 as a springboard to delve deeply into the pysche of the Victorians. What Jane Housham finds, in this exploration of guilt, sexual deviance and madness, is a diagnosis that is still ripe for the challenging and a se…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781786481603 |
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| ISBN-10: | 178648160X |
| Author: | Jane Housham |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | riverrun |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 28 August 2017 |
| Weight: | 288g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
Gripping - reveals a society in moral turmoil - William Shaw
Well-written and excellently researched, this chilling tale of a Victorian sex murder opens out into an investigation into the workings of the lunatic mind and the asylums which treat it - Julie PeakmanAbout The Author
Jane Housham
Jane Housham grew up in Richmond, Yorkshire and is proud of her North East heritage. She is the publisher at University of Hertfordshire Press and also reviews books for the Guardian.
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