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Strange Victoriana

By Jan Bondeson

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Strange Victoriana

By Jan Bondeson

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Description
This book makes use of a privately held archive of Illustrated Police News to describe strange, macabre, and uncanny episodes from the Victorian era. Dog-Faced Men are exhibited on stage; the doctors congregate around the bed of the Sleeping Frenchman of Soho; Miss Vint demonstrates her Reincarnated Cats; and scantily dressed Female Somnambulists tumble from the roofs. The White Gorilla takes a swig from its tankard of beer, eagles come swooping from the sky to carry off little children, and the Rat-Killing Monkey of Manchester goes on a rampage, . Each one of these tales is a window into an era that encapsulated public probity and private hysteria in the strangest of ways.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
2019-05-01
Publication Date:
2018-11-15
Publisher:
Amberley Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1445686554
ISBN13:
9781445686554
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
294 g
Height:
124 cm
Width:
195 cm
Thickness:
24 cm
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