Murder, mayhem and music hall : the dark side of Victorian London / Barry Anthony.

London lives : poverty, crime and the making of a modern city, 1690-1800 / Tim Hitchcock and Robert Shoemaker.

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Crime - England - London

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Murder, mayhem and music hall : the dark side of Victorian London / Barry Anthony.

London lives : poverty, crime and the making of a modern city, 1690-1800 / Tim Hitchcock and Robert Shoemaker.