The tales in this book recall the reality of life in 19th century London. In a city of reeking pestilence, five hundred people went weekly to an early grave - the victims of disease. The fears of violence and plunder were always in mind, with the evil-hearted infesting the narrow courts and alleyways. Villany and vice abounded and the highwaymen, housebreakers, cardsharp and counterfeiter hatched their plots in the capital's many alehouses. Two hundred offences were punishable by death, and the law and its severity terrified all who fell foul of it.
- ISBN10 1850588910
- ISBN13 9781850588917
- Publish Date 31 January 2011
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Sigma Press
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English