Unquiet Shadows: Unsolved Murders of Victorian Britain - Couverture souple

Worth, Thomas

 
9798232362201: Unquiet Shadows: Unsolved Murders of Victorian Britain
Couverture souple
ISBN 13 : 9798232362201
Editeur : Thomas Worth, 2026

Synopsis

Unquiet Shadows: Unsolved Murders of Victorian Britain offers a richly detailed investigation into the darker corners of 19th-century life, where brutal crimes met bewildered detectives, and justice was often little more than a hope whispered into the fog.

Drawing on newspaper reports, archival sources and contemporary accounts, this book revisits some of the most disturbing and perplexing unsolved murders of the Victorian era. From the gaslit courts of Whitechapel to the parlours of quiet market towns, it pieces together forgotten cases that scandalised communities and confounded the early police.

These are not mere curiosities from a blood-stained past, but vital windows into the fears, prejudices and limitations of a society confronting the reality of crime in a modernising world. With clear-eyed analysis and evocative storytelling, Unquiet Shadows reclaims these stories from obscurity-and asks why some murders still echo through the silence of history.

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Éditeur
Thomas Worth
Date d'édition
2026
Langue
anglais
ISBN 13 
9798232362201
Reliure
Tapa blanda
Nombre de pages
100
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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