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This eclectic collection of funny, bizarre, and thought-provoking stories, spanning 1729-1930, has been ferreted out by Rona Levin from the British Library's Newspaper Archive. It reveals the perils of daily life in centuries past, astonishing crimes, sexual scandals, medical oddities, and tales of extraordinary people, highlighting the critical issues, social mores, and sensibilities of the times.
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About the Author
Rona Levin was a communications specialist with more than 30 years' experience in journalism and PR. She worked on newspapers, teletext news services, and Sky News.
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- PublisherBritish Library Publishing
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 0712356592
- ISBN 13 9780712356596
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number2
- Number of pages176
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. It reveals life's (often avoidable) daily perils such as the woman who poisoned her dinner guests, then died, having forgotten she'd used the same saucepan just days before to boil arsenic for the purpose of eradicating vermin (1830), and a drunk carter in charge of a ton of gunpowder on his horse-drawn cart, found careering through wet, slippery streets, while also carrying a number of "Lucifer" matches (1875).Scandal and gossip also highlight social mores of the times - stories include opening Empress Maria Theresa's body to find death "due to a great quantity of fat and viscous matter, Her Majesty having accustomed herself never to spit" (1781), a marriage between a corpse and his living Spiritualist bride (1856), and the formation of the "No-Nose Club" for people with no noses due to syphilis (1873). The author has also (possibly) discovered the man to blame for the adding of service charges to bills (1768), as well as (possibly) the most pretentious, pseudo-intellectual description of Tennyson's death: "Soft beams of light played upon the features of the dying poet like a halo of Rembrandt's"(1892). The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR008372026
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