The Newgate Calendar by George Theodore Wilkinson, Christopher Hibbert

448 pages first pub 1962 (view editions)

nonfiction history true crime informative slow-paced
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First published during the 18th century, this text is amongst the earliest examples of lurid crime writing, featuring a cast of full-blooded villains, from the cannibal family of Sawney Beane to the Reverend Dr Dodd, chaplain to the King and a maj...

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