{"product_id":"9781836004240-dark-london","title":"Dark London","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Journey Through the City's Mysterious and Macabre Underworld\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDark London\u003c\/i\u003e brings together the history of the city’s seamier side, picking out the most scandalous, curious and bizarre aspects of London’s shadowy and fascinating underbelly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom dark crimes of passion to shocking tales of grave robbing, gruesome murders, dens of iniquity, Victorian séances and haunted houses – not far beneath London’s everyday bustle and glitter there has long been a fascinatingly rich underworld of criminality, superstition, scandal and macabre debauchery. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDark London\u003c\/i\u003e, social historian\u003cb\u003e Dr Drew Gray\u003c\/b\u003e, a specialist in the \u003cb\u003ehistory of crime and punishment,\u003c\/b\u003e delves into the city’s grim yet compelling past, uncovering the people and places that shaped its darker identity.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcross more than \u003cb\u003e100 real-life cases and curiosities\u003c\/b\u003e, he explores how London became both the heart of a growing empire and a stage for vice, greed and human fallibility. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHighlights include: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe London Burkers\u003c\/b\u003e, a notorious gang of resurrectionists whose leader confessed to stealing and selling nearly 1,000 bodies to London’s medical schools in the 1830s. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Whitechapel Murders of 1888\u003c\/b\u003e, still the world’s longest running serial murder mystery. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe prisons of Newgate and Pentonville\u003c\/b\u003e, where shifting attitudes towards justice revealed the tension between punishment, reform and moral control. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe legend of Spring-heeled Jack\u003c\/b\u003e, the terrifying, leaping figure who caused panic across London’s streets. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Great Stink of 1858\u003c\/b\u003e, when London’s polluted Thames brought the city to a standstill and forced a revolution in sanitation and public health. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDark London\u003c\/i\u003e brings together the history of the city’s seamier side, picking out the most scandalous, curious and bizarre aspects of London’s shadowy underbelly. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56167096648054,"sku":"9781836004240","price":16.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36400428_53abfd69-b869-426e-8eea-64722e15bca3.jpg?v=1759483736","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781836004240-dark-london","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}