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London is a city that thrives on crime and the myths of crime, attested to by its violent history and depiction in literature. In London’s Underworld, Fergus Linnane examines three centuries of crime. He takes us on the nightmarish last journeys of condemned criminals to the gallows. We enter an 18th–century prison, described by novelist Henry Fielding as the “prototype of hell.” We walk the murky streets of Victorian London with its swarms of thieves and murderers, and enter the sordid drinking dens where prostitutes and their vicious accomplices practice their arts. We follow the ingenious villains who carried out the first great train robbery, and see the rise and fall of gangs. And we discover how crime in the capital has evolved from the extreme violence of the 18th century to the vastly more complex and lucrative, but no less brutal, gangland of today. A fascinating social history of the great city.
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Fergus Linnane combined a long career in journalism in London with a fascinated interest in the city's various underworlds. Since retiring as executive editor of the European four years ago, he has written London's Underworld and the forthcoming Sin City: A History of 1000 Years of Prostitution in the Capital.
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- PublisherRobson Book Ltd
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 186105548X
- ISBN 13 9781861055484
- BindingHardcover
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