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The London monster : a sanguinary tale / Jan Bondeson.
Van Pelt Library HV6248.W485 B65 2001
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LIBRA HV6248.W485 B65 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bondeson, Jan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Williams, Renwick.
- Criminals--England--London--Biography.
- Criminals.
- Williams, Renwick--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Women--Crimes against--England--London--History--18th century.
- Women.
- Women--Crimes against.
- History.
- London (England)--History--18th century.
- London (England).
- England--London.
- Genre:
- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Biographies.
- Trial and arbitral proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 237 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- A century before Jack the Ripper, another predator held sway on the streets--the London Monster. Bondeson, the author of "A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities", now writes a lively and detailed account of the psychopath who violently slashed over 50 women during a two-year crime spree in the 1780s. 34 illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Given to the Penn Libraries by Margy Ellin Meyerson in memory of her husband, President Emeritus Martin Meyerson.
- ISBN:
- 0812235762
- OCLC:
- 44516690
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