Murder at the inn
Subtitle: a history of crime in Britain's pubs and hotels
By: James Moore
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Stroud
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780750956833; 9780750963336
Subjects: Crime; History; Guidebooks
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-258) and index.
Table of contents: title: A drinker's guide to crime (Homicide and the hostlry ; Murderous landlords ; Hold-ups, hideouts and heists ; Plots, riots and rebellions ; Bodies in the bar, post-mortems and inquests ; Courtrooms and prisons ; Inns and executions ; Landlords and hangmen ; Signs of the crimes ; Policing the pub ; Catch them while you can); title: The cases (Golden age of the Scoundrel : 1600; title: 1700s ; From Georgian Dramas to Victorian Scandals : 1800 s ; Murder most modern : 1900s).