Bloody British History: Camden

Bloody British History: Camden
ISBN-10
0752492950
ISBN-13
9780752492957
Series
Bloody British History
Category
History
Pages
196
Language
English
Published
2013-05-15
Publisher
The History Press
Authors
Dick Weindling, Marianne Colloms

Description

Black Death! The horrors of the plague in Camden! My wife is under the floor! The true story of Camden murderer Doctor Crippen! The elephant stampede! Weird accidents and strange events galore! Camden has a dark side to rival that of any London borough. The haunt of highwaymen, its fields also witnessed numerous duels. Crime, poverty and depravity were rife in parts of Holborn until the late nineteenth century. The first murderer to be caught using the transatlantic cable lived in Camden, and the last woman to be hanged shot her lover outside a Hampstead pub. With grave-robbers and grisly graveyard exhumations, eccentric residents and rioting peasants, and featuring tons of weird true events, you’ll never see the borough in the same way again!

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