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The Victorian underworld
By Thomas, Donald E. & Mayhew, Henry
- ISBN
- 978-0-81478-238-5
- Publisher
- New York : New York University Press, 1998.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 1998
This detailed "panorama of the Victorian underworld" is a litany of crime in all its darkest forms. The 11 illustrated chapters serve up a rogue's gallery of saucy thieves, forgers, poisoners, prostitutes, con men, extortionists, pornographers, maniacs, and perpetrators of murder most foul who belie the genteel trappings of the perio...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
