The Killing of Lord George
eBook - ePub

The Killing of Lord George

A Tale of Murder and Deceit in Edwardian England

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Killing of Lord George

A Tale of Murder and Deceit in Edwardian England

About this book

'A riveting read... a dark story of murder and deceit with verve and insight' John Woolf, author of The Wonders
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A 19TH-CENTURY CIRCUS LEGEND On 28 November 1911 a retired showman died violently at his home in North London. Known to the world as Lord George Sanger, he was once the biggest name in show business, and was venerated as a national institution. The death of Britain's wealthiest showman read like a popular crime thriller: a merciless killer; a famous victim; sensational media headlines; a desperate manhunt laced with police incompetencies and a dramatic denouement few could have anticipated. But for over a century, questions have persisted about the murder.Weaving in the story of George's rise to fame and the history of Britain's entertainment industry, The Killing of Lord George uses previously unpublished archive material to reconstruct the events leading up to the death and reveal the true story behind the brutal crime that shocked Edwardian England.

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Information

Publisher
Icon Books
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9781785788543
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Dedication
  3. Epigraph
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. 1: Park Farm
  7. 2: Press gang
  8. 3: Manhunt
  9. 4: Peep show
  10. 5: Vine Street
  11. 6: Lion Queen
  12. 7: Three persons butchered
  13. 8: Bodies
  14. 9: A lethal certainty
  15. 10: Lord of the ring
  16. 11: Autopsy
  17. 12: Elephant
  18. 13: A very god of a man
  19. 14: Inquest
  20. 15: Winter
  21. 16: Hubris
  22. 17: The valet
  23. 18: In plain sight
  24. 19: False witness
  25. 20: Epilogue
  26. Appendix
  27. Notes
  28. Select bibliography
  29. Acknowledgements
  30. Index
  31. Plates
  32. About the Author
  33. Copyright