<p>Dark and foggy Victorian streets, the murderous madman, the arsenic-laced evening meal - we all think we know the realities of Victorian crime. Adrian Gray's book thrillingly relfects some of this, ranging over classic murders by knife and poison. But it also covers much more, taking the reader into less familar parts of Victorian life, uncovering the wicked, the vengeful, the foolish and the hopeless amongst the criminal world of the nineteenth century. Here you will encounter the women who sold their children, the bankers who stole the money they were supposed to keep safe, smugglers, highwaymen, the first terrorists, ruthless 'footpads' and the 'mesmerists' who fooled a credulous public, even the Salvationist band that went to gaol. The book takes in the cities, villages, lanes, mills and ships of the period. In the process of telling a host of human tales, the author shows how our laws today have been shaped by what the Victorians considered acceptable - or made illegal.</p>

Crime & Criminals of Victorian England

History

Gray, Adrian

Europe

The History Press

The Art of Stonebalancing

Olivia Daly

A small circle drawn around North Nottinghamshire and West Lincolnshire, centred on Retford/Gainsborough, encompasses the origins of most of the important English-speaking Protestant denominations. With Thomas Cranmer born just to the south, this area of market towns and quiet villages has produced generation after generation of radical Christians who have changed the shape of the Faith across the World. The first generation of Puritans gave birth to separatists, Congregationalists and the 'Mayflower' Pilgrims. With them came the first Baptists, then the Quakers, the Wesleys and Methodism, whilst recent years have also produced some significant global Christian leaders.  In between this area gave rise to calls for religious freedom for all, and had a significant impact on the America Constitution. Since 1800, missionaries have left this quiet countryside to explore locations as diverse as Fiji, Papua New Guinea and southern Africa. Adrian Gray's book tells the stories of the people, their struggles and sacrifice, showing how even humble folk from unimportant villages could change whole cultures. But it is also a story of great noble men and women who used their money to spread the Word and some who paid for their beliefs with their lives at the stake, on the gallows, in a prison cell or even in a cannibal's pot. The villages are arranged alphabetically throughout the book.

From Here We Changed the World: Amazing Stories of Pilgrim and Rebels from North Nottinghamshire and West Lincolnshire

World

Bookworm of Retford

Mystery and Mayhem in Darkest Lincolnshire

Heroes and Villains of Kent

Countryside Books

<p>Originally operated by three different companies, the train lines that serve the East Coast were brought together under a single entity in 1923. This illustrated history explores the accidents that have occurred during their history, focusing on those that resulted in passenger fatalities and showing how they led to improvements in safety.</p>

East Coast Main Line Disasters

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