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An evocative retelling ot two sensational crimes that rocked Victorian London.

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"Altick's book vividly preserves an important and fascinating element of daily Victorian life. As such, it is the best sort of historical scholarship: the kind that puts us in close touch with a lost world and with people very much like ourselves." * Smithsonian *
"An engaging study in historical sociology." * Washington Post *

Deadly Encounters

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    A Paperback / softback by Richard D. Altick

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      Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
      Publication Date: 18/09/2000
      ISBN13: 9780812217568, 978-0812217568
      ISBN10: 081221756X
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      Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An evocative retelling ot two sensational crimes that rocked Victorian London.

      Trade Review
      "Altick's book vividly preserves an important and fascinating element of daily Victorian life. As such, it is the best sort of historical scholarship: the kind that puts us in close touch with a lost world and with people very much like ourselves." * Smithsonian *
      "An engaging study in historical sociology." * Washington Post *

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