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British Music Hall: An illustrated history

admin — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:59:14 +0000

Foreword by Roy Hudd OBE

Without doubt, the most entertaining, best written and superbly illustrated single volume available on British music hall. During the three decades prior to the First World War, Marie Lloyd, Harry Lauder, Dan Leno, Little Tich, Ada Reeve, Vesta Tilley, G.H. Elliott, George Robey and many more great entertainers ruled the stages of Great Britain’s Hippodromes and Empires. Richard brings them all to life again in this glorious book.

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The Delectable Dollies: The Dolly Sisters, icons of the jazz age

admin — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:15:25 +0000

The dazzling story, richly illustrated from the author’s own collection of photographs, of the exotic Dolly Sisters, whose dancing thrilled cabaret audiences across Europe and America during the Jazz Age, and who captured the hearts of some of the world’s most powerful men, including Gordon Selfridge and the Duke of Windsor.

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Jack the Ripper: Scotland Yard Investigates

admin — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:53:11 +0000

Two highly esteemed Ripper authorities, both former police officers, have applied their professional perspectives and techniques to uncover clues that had remained undetected since 1888.

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Executioner: The chronicles of James Berry,Victorian hangman

admin — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:52:58 +0000

Based on previously unpublished material, Stewart Evans has written a richly detailed biography of the dedicated and meticulous Victorian hangman, who executed over 140 men and women.

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Jack the Ripper: Letters From Hell

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A stunning colour-illustrated book, which reproduces and comments on every letter in The National Archives purporting to have been written by the famous serial killer.

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Ripper Diary: The Inside Story

admin — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:14:07 +0000

The Diary of Jack the Ripper purporting to be a manuscript written in 1888 by a Liverpool cotton merchant, James Maybrick, who confesses to the crimes of Jack the Ripper, was a sensational bestseller in 1993. At the time, The Sunday Times tried to expose it as a modern hoax. Yet, despite extensive enquiries and research during the past 20 years, no conclusive proof has yet been offered to identify an alternative author of the Diary, nor has any reliable evidence come to light to explain how or why it was written. Ripper Diary is an intriguing, compelling and fiercely objective investigation of the Diary’s origins and story.

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