{"product_id":"dark-london-isbn-9781836004240","title":"Dark London","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom dark crimes of passion to shocking tales of grave robbing, gruesome murders, dens of iniquity, Victorian séances, and haunted houses—not far beneath London’s everyday bustle and glitter there has long been a fascinatingly rich underworld of criminality, superstition, scandal, and macabre debauchery. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDark London\u003c\/i\u003e, social historian\u003cb\u003e Dr Drew Gray\u003c\/b\u003e, a specialist in the \u003cb\u003ehistory of crime and punishment,\u003c\/b\u003e delves into the city’s grim yet compelling past, uncovering the people and places that shaped its darker identity.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcross more than \u003cb\u003e100 real-life cases and curiosities\u003c\/b\u003e, he explores how London became both the heart of a growing empire and a stage for vice, greed, and human fallibility. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHighlights include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe London Burkers\u003c\/b\u003e, a notorious gang of resurrectionists whose leader confessed to stealing and selling nearly 1,000 bodies to London’s medical schools in the 1830s. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Whitechapel Murders of 1888\u003c\/b\u003e, still the world’s longest running serial murder mystery. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe prisons of Newgate and Pentonville\u003c\/b\u003e, where shifting attitudes towards justice revealed the tension between punishment, reform, and moral control. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe legend of Spring-heeled Jack\u003c\/b\u003e, the terrifying, leaping figure who caused panic across London’s streets. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Great Stink of 1858\u003c\/b\u003e, when London’s polluted Thames brought the city to a standstill and forced a revolution in sanitation and public health. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDark London\u003c\/i\u003e brings together the history of the city’s seamier side, picking out the most scandalous, curious and bizarre aspects of London’s shadowy and fascinating underbelly. \u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Frances Lincoln","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47819153244389,"sku":"NP9781836004240","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781836004240_846391a2-08a5-47c1-bd36-6176af0f27bb.jpg?v=1771871715","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/dark-london-isbn-9781836004240","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}