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The Illustrated Police News: The Shocks, Scandals and Sensations of the Week, 1864-1938

Hardcover • 2019 • English

The Illustrated Police News: The Shocks, Scandals and Sensations of the Week, 1864-1938: The shocks, scandals, and sensations of the week, 1864 - 1938

By Linda Stratmann

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About the book

The Illustrated Police News cost just a penny, providing an affordable illustrated roundup of 'all the startling events of the week' from its first issue published on 20th February 1864. Promising to educate the people with fantastic features such as 'BURGLARIES OF THE WEEK' and its bountiful, often outlandish, illustrations, the paper was also a perhaps unexpected champion of social change. With crime historian Linda Stratmann as guide, the articles and special reports of the newspaper provid...Show more

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ISBN

9780712352499

Published year

2019

Language

English

Original title

The Illustrated Police News: The Shocks, Scandals and Sensations of the Week, 1864-1938

Format

Hardcover

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