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East Anglian Daily Times

This book's author makes liberal use of the work of leading Victorian social commentators and researchers: Dickens, Mayhew and John Binny, quoting them in quite large chunks and pulling it all together in an appealing and easily readable fashion.

Police History Society

We can tend to draw our perceptions of Victorian life from Charles Dickens' novels; this book gives a readable perspective that supplements our knowledge, in a happy style that is neither too academic nor too fiction-based.

History by the Yard

A dark and intriguing book that brilliantly captures the dangers of living (and surviving) in nineteenth-century Victorian London.

Discover Your History

Ross Gilfillan's examination of crime and punishment in 19th-century London provides an absorbing insight into the darker side of a period that still fascinates today. This is no 'schlock-horror' exploration of past crimes but instead shines fresh light on the lives of our poorer ancestors and their misdemeanours, often brought about by necessity rather than malice. Told via the keen pen of an author who knows a good story, it's history with a heart.

Family Tree Magazine

Takes readers deep into the city's squalid and dangerous underworld where serial killers stalk the streets and bands of thieves, cut-throats and conmen abound.

Suffolk Free Press