A Treasury of Victorian Murder Compendium: Including: Jack the Ripper, The Beast of Chicago, Fatal Bullet
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This illustrated collection gathers several notorious crimes from the nineteenth century and retells them as gripping true stories. It brings together the axe killings attributed to Lizzie Borden, the strange disappearance of the young cigar girl Mary Rogers, and the grim story of a family of innkeepers who preyed on travellers. Other chapters cover Madeleine Smith, the socialite accused of poisoning an unwanted suitor, and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Each account sets out the known facts and the sources behind them, offering a vivid look at how these cases gripped the public.
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