Download or read book Murder by Gaslight in Victorian Bradford written by Mark Davis and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victorian murders in Bradford.
Download or read book Necropolis City of the Dead written by Mark Davis and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-03-15 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating history of Undercliffe Victorian Cemetery - 'works of art', created as much for the living as they were for the dead.
Download or read book Murder by Gaslight written by Edward Wagenknecht and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eerie blend of brooding fear, lurking evil, and subtle horror pervades each of these classic tales of murder in the Victorian manner. Anthologist Edward Wagenknecht has collected here five mysteries -- a full-length novel, a novelette, and three short stories -- by 19th century masters of the macabre. Although read and re-read by thousands of an earlier generation, these stories are now virtually unobtainable and hence unknown to modern readers. Connoisseurs of mystery fiction may expect to find in these pages a full measure of that special brand of suspense evoked by fog-shrouded streets, unfathomable shadows, and remote rural inns.
Download or read book The Gothic s Gothic Routledge Revivals written by Benjamin Franklin Fisher IV and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1988, this book aims to provide keys to the study of Gothicism in British and American literature. It gathers together much material that had not been cited in previous works of this kind and secondary works relevant to literary Gothicism — biographies, memoirs and graphic arts. Part one cites items pertaining to significant authors of Gothic works and part two consists of subject headings, offering information about broad topics that evolve from or that have been linked with Gothicism. Three indexes are also provided to expedite searches for the contents of the entries. This book will be of interest to students of literature.
Download or read book Adult Catalog Authors written by Los Angeles County Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book City of Dreadful Delight written by Judith R. Walkowitz and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-06-14 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From tabloid exposes of child prostitution to the grisly tales of Jack the Ripper, narratives of sexual danger pulsated through Victorian London. Expertly blending social history and cultural criticism, Judith Walkowitz shows how these narratives reveal the complex dramas of power, politics, and sexuality that were being played out in late nineteenth-century Britain, and how they influenced the language of politics, journalism, and fiction. Victorian London was a world where long-standing traditions of class and gender were challenged by a range of public spectacles, mass media scandals, new commercial spaces, and a proliferation of new sexual categories and identities. In the midst of this changing culture, women of many classes challenged the traditional privileges of elite males and asserted their presence in the public domain. An important catalyst in this conflict, argues Walkowitz, was W. T. Stead's widely read 1885 article about child prostitution. Capitalizing on the uproar caused by the piece and the volatile political climate of the time, women spoke of sexual danger, articulating their own grievances against men, inserting themselves into the public discussion of sex to an unprecedented extent, and gaining new entree to public spaces and journalistic practices. The ultimate manifestation of class anxiety and gender antagonism came in 1888 with the tabloid tales of Jack the Ripper. In between, there were quotidien stories of sexual possibility and urban adventure, and Walkowitz examines them all, showing how women were not simply figures in the imaginary landscape of male spectators, but also central actors in the stories of metropolotin life that reverberated in courtrooms, learned journals, drawing rooms, street corners, and in the letters columns of the daily press. A model of cultural history, this ambitious book will stimulate and enlighten readers across a broad range of interests.
Download or read book The Gothic s Gothic written by Benjamin Franklin Fisher and published by Scholarly Title. This book was released on 1988 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bradford Through Time written by Mark Davis and published by . This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prior to the nineteenth century, Bradford was very much a backwater. After that it was to become the metropolis of the worsted industry and enjoyed a prosperity scarcely equalled by any other portion of the kingdom. It was said at the time that the real energy of Yorkshire centred in Bradford. The times of growth were astounding and in 1897, when the town received its city status, Bradford truly was magnificent. Wherever you go in Bradford you cannot escape its rich industrial past. Many of the old mills remain, either converted to housing or awaiting demolition. Bradford Through Time goes to show us in many ways what we have lost, many of the older images display a way of life that appears rich and energetic with a real pride.You may be forgiven for thinking in some cases that we have gone backwards and not forwards in time.
Download or read book Murder in Murray Hill written by Victoria Thompson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In national bestselling author Victoria Thompson’s Gaslight mysteries, the residents of nineteenth-century New York City turn to midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy to protect them from the worst crimes. Now, the two must track down a criminal preying on innocent women… Frank Malloy has never known any life other than that of a cop, but his newfound inheritance threatens his position on the force. While trying to keep both his relationship with Sarah and his fortune under wraps, he’s assigned to a new case—finding a missing young woman who had been responding to “lonely hearts” ads in the paper before she disappeared. Malloy fears the worst, knowing that the grifters who place such ads often do much more than simply abscond with their victims. But as Sarah and Malloy delve deeper into a twisted plot targeting the city’s single women, it’s their partnership—both professional and private—that winds up in the greatest peril…
Download or read book Index to Crime and Mystery Anthologies written by William Contento and published by Hall Reference Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Secret Bradford written by Mark Davis and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dark, lost and forgotten corners of Bradford and their incredible history.
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Download or read book On the Trail of Jack the Ripper written by Richard Charles Cobb and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2022-10-21 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 132 years the ghastly and horrific murders committed in London's East End by the infamous 'Jack the Ripper' have gripped and baffled the world. The Ripper commenced his series of atrocities at the end of August and continued freely until the beginning of November 1888 when inexplicably the murders stopped... In all, five women were brutally murdered and savagely mutilated in the most unimaginable way. The killing spree centered in and around the impoverished rabbit warren of alleys and rookeries of Whitechapel. The invisible killer was never caught despite the very best intentions of the police and thousands of would be detectives following the grim proceedings. Since those dark days of murders committed by gaslight, the mystery of Jack the Ripper has become the ultimate cold case among crime historians and arm chair researchers worldwide, with a multitude of books, plays and dramas all hoping to solve what London's finest Victorian detectives failed to do... Given the space of time much has changed and the crime scene locations and landscape in which the Ripper and his victims would known would be in many parts unrecognizable to them. Equally to the modern day Londoner or visitor the locations would be very much largely unknown... until now. True Crime and Social historians, Richard C Cobb and Mark Davis, return to the Whitechapel of 1888 to see what remains from this dark time in London's history and to take the reader on a step-by-step tour of the modern world of Jack the Ripper, giving a detailed history of the victims, the crimes and the police investigation. We also look at other victims (outside the accepted five ) which may have been killed by the same man. Using the original police reports, state of the art photographs, unseen images and diagrams, they present the truth about what actually happened in the autumn of 1888 and what remains of Jack the Ripper's London today. They also focus on the ever changing face of London's End End, giving the reader a real sense of how the past meets the present in arguably London's most vibrant and cultural quarter... where the shadow of the Ripper is never too far away.
Download or read book Streets of Darkness written by A. A. Dhand and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Luther meets The Wire, this is the first Detective Harry Virdee novel 'Outstanding - relentless, multi-layered suspense and real human drama make this a crime debut to relish' Lee Child The sky over Bradford is heavy with foreboding. It always is. But this morning it has reason to be - this morning a body has been found. And it's not just any body. Detective Harry Virdee should be at home with his wife. Impending fatherhood should be all he can think about but he's been suspended from work just as the biggest case of the year lands on what would have been his desk. He can't keep himself away. Determined to restore his reputation, Harry is obliged to take to the shadows in search of notorious ex-convict and prime suspect, Lucas Dwight. But as the motivations of the murder threaten to tip an already unstable city into riotous anarchy, Harry finds his preconceptions turned on their head as he discovers what it's like to be on the other side of the law... Readers are gripped by Streets of Darkness: ***** 'Fast paced, this book kept me hooked the whole way through.' ***** 'A hard-hitting thriller that gets to the root of a city torn apart.' ***** 'I was hooked from the very first sentence. I can't wait to read more about this complex detective, his family and home town.' Don't miss A. A. Dhand's heart-pounding new standalone thriller, The Blood Divide - out now!
Download or read book English Literature written by Harvard University. Library and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
