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Author Shaw, Karl, author. https://isni.org/isni/0000000033400298.

Title The killing of Lord George : a tale of murder and deceit in Edwardian England / Karl Shaw.

Publication Info. London : Icon Books, 2022.
©2022

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  364.1523 SHA    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult New Materials  364.152 SHA    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  364.1523 SHAW    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Park Farm -- Press gang -- Manhunt -- Peep show -- Vine Street -- Lion queen -- Three persons butchered -- Bodies -- A lethal certainty -- Lord of the ring -- Autospy -- Elephant -- A very god of a man -- Inquest -- Winter -- Hubris -- The valet -- In plain sight -- False witness -- Epilogue.
Summary "The life and death of a 19th-century circus legend. On November 28, 1911 a retired showman died violently at his home in North London. Known to the world as Lord George Sanger, he was once the biggest name in show business, and was venerated as a national institution. The death of Britain's wealthiest showman read like a popular crime thriller: a merciless killer; a famous victim; sensational media headlines; a desperate manhunt laced with police incompetencies and a dramatic denouement few could have anticipated. But for over a century, questions have persisted about the murder. Weaving in the story of George's rise to fame and the history of Britain's entertainment industry, The Killing of Lord George uses previously unpublished archive material to reconstruct the events leading up to the death and reveal the true story behind the brutal crime that shocked Edwardian England." -- Publisher's description.
Subject Sanger, George, 1827-1911 https://isni.org/isni/000000004191212X
Sanger, George, 1827-1911 -- Death and burial.
Murder -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.
Murder -- Investigation -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.
Sanger, George, 1827-1911. (OCoLC)fst00413131
Murder. (OCoLC)fst01029781
Murder -- Investigation. (OCoLC)fst01029788
England -- London. (OCoLC)fst01204271
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Biographies.
True crime stories.
Other Form: ebook version : 9781785788543
ISBN 9781785788468 (hardcover)
1785788469 (hardcover)
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