THE LONDON DUNGEON BOOK OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.

Hardback. From pickpockets to public-killings, highwaymen to hangmen, Judge Jeffreys to Jack the Ripper (5pp.) - the complete history of London's twilight world of crime and punishment throughout the centuries. Here we see Smithfield as a different sort of meat market, where criminals were buried and sometimes boiled to death. Includes the Tower of London, official state prison since the days of William the Conqueror, and a history of its inmates. Here are the enemies of the Crown, executed by hanging, drawing and quartering - a punishment only abolished in 1870. Profusely illus., pictorial glazed covers, dw. not necessary. 245pp. Lge. 8vo. hardback. F. A fairly heavy book which will require additional postage.