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Portrait of a Killer Portrait of a Killer Patricia Cornwell "Between August and November 1888, at least seven women were murdered in London's Whitechapel area. The gruesome nature of their deaths caused panic and fear in the East End for months, and gave rise… OL134385W
When London was capital of America When London was capital of America Julie Flavell Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London and in the decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution, thousands of his fellow colonists flocked to the city. This book recreates the city's hey day… OL15392402W
Imagined London Imagined London Anna Quindlen "This book is a tale of three cities: the fictional London that lives in the pages of writers from Shakespeare to P. D. James and Martin Amis; the historical metropolis where so many immortal authors… OL15854409W
The making of the West End stage The making of the West End stage Jacqueline S. Bratton "All roads lead to London - and to the West End theatre. This book presents a new history of the beginnings of the modern world of London entertainment. Putting female-centred, gender-challenging man… OL15951396W
Pageantry and power Pageantry and power Tracey Hill This is the first full and in-depth cultural history of the Lord Mayor's Show in the early modern period. It reveals the lived experience of the shows and sets them in the context of the wider ceremo… OL15981408W
Charles Dickens and the street children of London Charles Dickens and the street children of London Andrea Warren Warren takes you on a journey into the workhouses, slums, factories, and schools of Victorian England, and into the world of Dickens. She shows now he used his pen to do battle on behalf of the poor,… OL16450694W
St Marylebone Church And Burial Ground In The 18th To 19th Centuries Excavations At St Marylebone S… St Marylebone Church And Burial Ground In The 18th To 19th Centuries Excavations At St Marylebone S… Adrian Miles "St Marylebone parish grew from humble beginnings on the city's margins to become, in the 18th and 19th centuries, one of the wealthiest in London, home to the elite and fashionable." "Archaeological… OL17483235W
A traveller's history of London A traveller's history of London Richard Tames A Traveller's History of London aims to bring London's past alive to the resident, traveller and student, to reveal the city's hidden treasures and forgotten places and guide the reader to the sights… OL1899293W
Dirty old London Dirty old London Lee Jackson "In Victorian London, filth was everywhere : horse traffic filled the streets with dung, household rubbish went uncollected, cesspools brimmed with 'night soil', graveyards teemed with rotting corpse… OL19666380W
Jack the Ripper Jack the Ripper Whitechapel Society Jack the Ripper is the ultimate whodunit. The Whitechapel Murders of 1888 remain unsolved and hundreds of theories have been suggested as to the killer's identity. OL19957216W
Naming Jack the Ripper Naming Jack the Ripper Russell Edwards After 125 years of theorizing and speculation regarding the identity of Jack the Ripper, Russell Edwards is in the unique position of owning the first physical evidence relating to the crimes to have… OL19987858W
The wicked boy The wicked boy Kate Summerscale In East London in the summer of 1895, Robert Coombes (age thirteen) and his brother Nattie (age twelve) were arrested for matricide and sent for trial at the Old Bailey. Robert confessed to having st… OL20031907W
A fish supper and a chippy smile A fish supper and a chippy smile Hilda Kemp In 1950s and 60s Bermondsey, the fish-and-chip shop was at the centre of the community. And at the heart of the chippy itself was 'Hooray' Hilda Kemp, a spirited matriarch who dispensed fish suppers … OL20816270W
ABC London ABC London James Dunn "Find out what makes London one of the world's most exciting cities in this unusual alphabet picture book. A is for Art, B is for Brick Lane, C is for Changing of the Guard! this delightful new alpha… OL20982513W
Letter to an Unknown Soldier Letter to an Unknown Soldier Kate Pullinger,Neil Bartlett In a year of public commemoration 'Letter to an Unknown Soldier' invited everyone to step back from the public ceremonies and take a few private moments to think. Providing a space for people to reco… OL21095359W
Royal London Picture Book Royal London Picture Book Struan Reid 32 pages OL21150203W
The Great Fire of London The Great Fire of London Neil Hanson Acclaim for The Great Fire of London "Popular narrative history at its best, well researched, imaginatively and dramatically written. . . . The author marshals his story and his mass of contemporar… OL3795908W
The London police in the nineteenth century The London police in the nineteenth century Wilkes, John Describes the establishment of the Metropolitan Police force by Sir Robert Peel, the principles on which it operated, the recruitment and working conditions throughout the nineteenth century, and pub… OL4537638W
I Never Knew That About London I Never Knew That About London Christopher Winn Bestselling author Christopher Winn takes us on a captivating journey around London to discover the unknown tales of our capital's history. Travelling through the villages and districts that make up … OL7918285W
Queer London Queer London Matt Houlbrook In August 1934, young Cyril L. wrote to his friend Billy about all the exciting men he had met, the swinging nightclubs he had visited, and the vibrant new life he had forged for himself in the big c… OL9173152W
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