FOUL DEEDS & SUSPICIOUS DEATH IN BATH

Softcover. A book which takes the reader on a sinister journey through centuries of local crime and conspiracy, meeting villains of all sorts along the way - cut-throats and poisoners, murderous lovers, assassins, prostitutes and suicides. There is no shortage of harrowing - and revealing - incidents of evil to recount in the long dark history of this respectable town. The author records crime and punishment in Bath in all its shocking variety. Among the many acts of wickedness and despair recorded are robbery and revenge in Roman times, the brutal uncertainties of Bath in the dark ages and the highwaymen, gamblers and duellists of the Georgian period. The Victorian underworld is especially well represented - notorious cases of prostitution, infanticide and murder most foul are described in graphic detail, along with outbreaks of mob violence and corruption in Bath council. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F.