Meat, Murder, Malfeasance, Medicine and Martyrdom: Smithfield Stories: Wat Tyler, Anne Askew, Sweeney Todd, Jack the Ripper, Heinrich Himmler & More .

by Graham Holderness

This remarkable book reveals the sensational, historical and personal stories of the physical, cultural and psychological territory of London's Smithfield. Graham Holderness tells the stories of Wat Tyler, Aaron Kominski 'Jack the Ripper'], Heinrich Himmler and others as rooted in the ground of Smithfield. They revolve around the institutions it houses, and dwell on the overlapping activities that have characterised it for centuries. They range across...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913087085
• ISBN13: 9781913087081
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Edward Everett Root
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"