Publisher's Synopsis
A grisly book dedicated to the crimes, perversions and outrages of Victorian England, covering high-profile offences as well as lesser-known transgressions that scandalised the Victorian era. The tales include the story of a teenager who married an actress, only to be shipped off to Australia by his disgusted parents; and the Italian ice-cream man who only meant to buy his sweetheart a hat but ended up proposing marriage instead. Also present is the gruesome story of the murder of Patrick O'Connor, who was shot in the head and buried under the kitchen flagstones by his lover Maria Manning and her husband, Frederick.
