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Foul Deeds Around Crewe by Susan Chambers,Peter Ollerhead is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Foul Deeds Around Crewe about?
Foul Deeds Around Crewe takes the reader on a fascinating journey through centuries of local crime and conspiracy, meeting villains of all sorts along the way - casual killers and robbers, murderous husbands and lovers, prostitutes and poisoners. This revealing book recalls many grisly events and sad or unsavoury individuals whose conduct throws a harsh light on the history of Crewe and the surrounding countryside. Among the many acts of wickedness the authors recall are shocking crimes from the recent past – the daughter who poisoned her father, a murder in a stately home, two brothers who conspired to kill their father, a mysterious ritual drowning and the killing of a policeman. But they also cover in vivid detail the early criminal history of the area - the theft of sheep, cattle and horses, crop-wrecking, rural assaults, land-disputes, poaching and highway robbery. The ruthless punishments meted out to convicted criminals – public humiliation, imprisonment, the...
Who reads Foul Deeds Around Crewe?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Susan Chambers,Peter Ollerhead
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors;Wharncliffe;Wharncliffe Books
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781783401376
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- True Crime, Historical Fiction, Law
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