| Description |
1 online resource (160 pages). |
| Series |
Sutton true crime history |
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Sutton true crime history.
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| Access |
Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in Lancashire's history. The cases covered here record the county's most fascinating but least known crimes, as well as famous murders that gripped not just Lancashire but the whole nation. From Liverpool's Florence Maybrick (was she really guilty of poisoning her hypochondriac husband with arsenic and was he indeed Jack the Ripper?) to late Victorian Bury's disturbing 'Body in the Wardrobe' case; from the infamous Drs Ruxton and Clements, who saw off five wives between them, to Blackpool's Louisa Merrifield, whose loose tongue was undoubtedly her downfall, this is a collection of the county's most dramatic and interesting criminal casesAlan Hayhurst has been uncovering evidence about the county's historic murders for more than fourty years. In writing this book he has visited all of the murder sites, consulted original documents and contemporary reports, and spoken to those who has personal memories of the cases concerned. Lancashire Murders is a unique re-examination of the darker side of the county's past. |
| System Details |
System requirements: Adobe Digital editions. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
HISTORY / General.
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Murder -- England -- Lancashire -- Case studies.
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Murder -- England -- Lancashire -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Van der Kiste, John.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hayhurst, Alan. Lancashire murders. Stroud : Sutton, 2004. 0750936932 (pbk.) : (Uk)012976368 |
| Standard No. |
9780752484211 |
| ISBN |
9780752484211 (e-pub) |
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