THE HANDBOOK GUIDE TO MURDER! HORROR! LONDON. From historic monuments to private homes, sites of torture, fear, death and execution

Softcover. A journey through the sites of London's dark past to haunts of horror and fear. Crime and punishment, torture and murder, these are a long way from the pomp and circumtance of official history. But they are just as important. The handbook guide shows you the sites where disasters and murders, executions, wars, scandals and riots took place, where prisons, plague pits and torture chambers were located. Behind today's respectable exteriors are the places where history was really made. Over 100 places to visit. An easy to use guidebook with detailed maps. From the burning of witches at Smithfield, through the dark alleys haunted by Jack the Ripper, to the world of the Krays. Illustrated with photographs, detailed maps and historic prints + Index. 95pp. small 8vo. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Nr F.