Promoting an author writing Victorian crime and murder novels, with a timeline in 19th century Leicester -'The Borough Boys' series. Book one, 'Jack Ketch's Puppets', introducing Samson Shepherd. Book two, 'Death lurks in Cock Muck Hill'. Book three, 'Without Fear or Favour'. New works always in progress.
Monday 20 April 2015
An A - Z of Victorian Crime and Culture - K is for...
K is for - Kidsman - an organiser or recruiter of child thieves - Fagin is Dicken's classic example...
K is for - Knap - to take or steal something, and the derivative of Kidnap is thought to have its origins in the word - originally as Kidknap.
K is for - Knob - an over and under game used to cheat gullible people out of money - often played at fairgrounds but also openly on streets.
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A short promotion - Book four - 'A few silver threads'
Hi folks; For your information, I am running a promotional event on both Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com, for the next week only. During that t...
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The old Borough map circa 1860 Looking towards 'The King & Crown' Inn from St Martins West The original Leicester In...
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This series of interviews is a little different to others, as each question was posed to my ‘victims’ on an individual basis, and in many...
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