Autor se zaměřuje na fascinující a často bizarní okrajové jevy lidské historie a medicíny. Jeho díla zkoumají podivné lékařské anomálie a nevyřešené kriminální případy, odhalují temná tajemství a neobvyklé postavy. Prostřednictvím pečlivého bádání a poutavého vyprávění přivádí k životu příběhy, které jsou stejně poučné jako znepokojivé. Jeho přístup je založen na odkrývání neuvěřitelných skutečností ukrytých v zapomenutých kronikách.
One of the most notorious Victorian murders was committed by Dr George Henry Lamson, who stood trial in 1882 for poisoning his crippled brother-in-law Percy Malcolm John; he was found guilty, sentenced to death, and executed.
R.P Phillimore's painted postcards of East Lothian from the early 1900's with historical notes.
Which of Edinburgh's most gruesome murders has happened in your street? And were they committed by Burke and Hare, by the Stockbridge Baby-Farmer, by the Demon Frenchman of George Street, by the Triple Killer of Falcon Avenue, or perhaps by one of the Capital's many faceless, spectral slayers
A historian's research skills combined with a physician's diagnostic flair, exploring our timeless fascination with the unusual and downright bizarre people, events and theories in the colourful history of medicine.
The complete collection of the famous postcard artist Phillimore's pictures of Edinburgh. It will appeal both to those who know and love Edinburgh and to postcard collectors.
WHEN JACK THE RIPPER first prowled the streets of London, an evening newspaper commented that his crimes were as ghastly as those committed by Eliza Grimwood's murderer fifty years earlier.
New B-format paperback edition - This book features fifty-six Victorian murder cases from the files of the Illustrated Police News.
When discussing unsolved murders of women in late Victorian London, most people think of the depredations of Jack the Ripper, the Whitechapel Murderer, whose sanguineous exploits have spawned the creation of a small library of books.
Meet the Victorians in their strangest forms. After reading this book, your views on Victorian culture will change forever.
Which of London's most gruesome murders happened in your street? And were they committed by Jack the Ripper, the Kray twins, the Blackout Ripper or `Acid Bath' Haigh?
