Meat, Murder, Malfeasance, Medicine and Martyrdom

Meat, Murder, Malfeasance, Medicine and Martyrdom Smithfield Stories : Wat Tyler, Sweeney Todd, 'Jack the Ripper', Heinrich Himmler & More

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Publisher's Synopsis

This title reveals the sensational, historical and personal stories of the physical, cultural and psychological territory of London's Smithfield. These are concerned with the commonalities of violence exhibited in the slaughtering of beasts, the torture and execution of criminals, the violations of the body practised on the autopsy table and in the research laboratory, the atrocities of murder and cannibalism.

Book information

ISBN: 9781911454274
Publisher: Edward Everett Root Publishers
Imprint: Edward Everett Root Publishers
Pub date:
DEWEY: 942.12
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Weight: 435g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 16mm