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The Maul and the Pear Tree

The Maul and the Pear Tree Ratcliffe Highway Murders, 1811

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Paperback (06 Dec 1990)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This is an account of seven bloody, apparently unprovoked killings in East London in the weeks before Christmas, 1811. Known collectively as the Ratcliffe Highway Murders, they caused such revulsion in the community that the corpse of the alleged killer was buried with a stake through his heart.

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Penguin Books Ltd

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Book information

ISBN: 9780140131864
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Pub date:
Edition: New Edition
DEWEY: 364.152309421520
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 147g
Height: 180mm
Width: 110mm
Spine width: 14mm