The 19th Century Criminal Underworld
$66.63
- Paperback
209 pages
- Release Date
7 November 2018
Summary
Take a walk on the dark side of the street in this unique exploration of the fears and desires at the heart of the British Empire, from the Regency dandy’s playground to the grim and gothic labyrinths of the Victorian city. Enter a world of gin spinners, sneaksmen and Covent Garden nuns, where bare-knuckled boxers slog it out for dozens of rounds, children are worth more dead than alive, and the Thames holds more bodies than the Ganges.
This is the Modern Babylon, a place of brutal po…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781526707543 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1526707543 |
| Author: | Stephen Carver |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword History |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 209 |
| Release Date: | 7 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 532g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Stephen Carver
Dr. Stephen Carver is a cultural historian, editor, and novelist. For sixteen years, he taught literature and creative writing at the University of East Anglia, spending three years in Japan as Professor of English at the University of Fukui. Stephen has published extensively on 19th century literature and history; he is the biographer of the Victorian novelist William Harrison Ainsworth and the author of Shark Alley: The Memoirs of a Penny-a-Liner, a historical novel about the wreck of the Birkenhead.
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