A Prescription for Murder
Subtitle: The Victorian Serial Killings of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: June 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780226560687
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Crime & criminology; Social history; Violence in society; c 1800 to c 1900; True Crime / Espionage; History: World; England; North America; Criminology; Murder - General; True Crime / Murder
First sentence: The mention of nineteenth-century, working-class London immediately conjures up the images of the bustling streets and crowded rookeries of the eastern parishes-Stepney, Shoreditch, and Whitechapel.