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  • North London Murders

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    Over the centuries North London has witnessed literally thousands of murders: those included within the pages of this book have shocked, fascinated and enthralled the public and commentators for generations. From Britain's first railway murder, a case that turned on the evidence provided by a distinctive style of hat, to the appalling story of two Islington woman convicted after 'disposing of' ... Read more

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  • Murder & Mayhem in North London

    A riveting history of true crimes in the area over the centuries, with photos and illustrations.From Islington to Finsbury Park to Hackney Wick, the North London area has been the setting of countless crimes from the notorious to the obscure. In this book, Geoffrey Howse delves into the files covering hundreds of years of the area's darkest past. Events covered include long forgotten cases that ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Little Book of Yorkshire

    Series series Little Book Of
    The Little Book of Yorkshire is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which no-one will want to be without. The county's most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, famous sons and daughters, royal connections and literally hundreds of wacky facts about Yorkshire's landscape, cities, towns and villages (plus ... Read more

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  • More Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in & Around Barnsley

    Series series Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths
    In his second book in the Foul Deeds series relating to Barnsley and its neighborhood, Geoffrey Howse continues to uncover aspects of the areas' darker and more sinister past. Many districts not covered in the first volume are included here.Read about the shooting of Lord Wharncliffe's head gamekeeper at Pilley, in 1867, the capture of the killers and the sensational trial; also about the murder ... Read more

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  • Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in London's East End

    Series series Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths
    The author of The A-Z of London Murders investigates Jack the Ripper's stalking grounds for even more crimes and killings in England's capital.For centuries London's East End has been associated with some of the worst elements of human depravity, where foul deeds and murder were commonplace; and in 1888 the area's disrepute was added to by the horrific murders committed by Jack the Ripper.The East ... Read more

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  • Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Sheffield

    Series series Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths
    The author of A History of London's Prisons reveals the ugly criminal past of one of England's most beautiful cities.It hardly seems surprising that what has become England's fourth city has within its rich history a sinister and darker side. Take a journey to discover cases of petty crime, riots, burglary, robbery, assault, suicide, unlawful killing, manslaughter, and murder, as well as a host of ... Read more

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  • More Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Barnsley

    Series series Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths
    Barnsley and the surrounding area has a dark and sinister past. There were many foul deeds committed throughout the centuries of the most heinous kind -and many suspicious circumstances. Poverty was at the root of many of the early cases. During the Victorian period some seemingly uncaring magistrates appeared to take the view that to be poor was a crime to be dealt with severely and meted out ... Read more

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  • Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in London's West End

    Series series Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths
    London's West End is associated with fashion and glamour but for centuries it has had a far darker side. Geoffrey Howse has uncovered an astonishing catalogue of sinister deeds, some of them famous but others long forgotten. Read about spying, treason, embezzlement, regicide, robbery, forgery, religious persecution, suicide, murder and mutilation; and 'witness' horrendous punishments such as ... Read more

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  • Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in South Yorkshire

    Series series Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths
    The author of The A-Z of London Murders delves into the long and storied past of South Yorkshire to reveal infamous crimes and killings.Geoffrey Howse explores the darker and sinister side of South Yorkshire's history in this diverse collection of true crime tales—from Victorian to modern times.Read about a shooting and "mob rule" in Doncaster; sensational murders in Darfield, Mexborough, and ... Read more

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  • Murder and Mayhem in Sheffield

    Sheffield born actor and author Geoffrey Howse delves into his files covering over 200 years of Sheffield's criminality. In Murder & Mayhem in Sheffield he takes a look at some of the events that took place during a period of enormous growth within Sheffield; including a failed plot to murder some of Sheffield's officials, take control of the Town Hall and set fire to the homes of prominent ... Read more

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  • A History of London's Prisons

    The author of The A-Z of London Murders takes readers behind the bars of the city's numerous jails and tells the tales of their most infamous inmates.London has had more prisons than any other British city. The City's "gates" once contained prisons but probably the most notorious of all was Newgate, which stood for over seven hundred years. The eleventh-century Tower of London was used as a prison ... Read more

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  • Barnsley in the Great War

    Series series Your Towns & Cities in the Great War
    Geoffrey Howse is well known for his books on Yorkshire subjects, including six books in the Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths series, two of which cover Barnsley and District and a third which covers South Yorkshire as a whole. In Barnsley in the Great War, he has pulled out the stops and delved deeply into a wide range of diverse events that took place throughout Barnsley during the time when the ... Read more

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