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Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem
Peter Ackroyd
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Description for Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem
Paperback. In this novel the light and the dark sides of 19th-century London flow into each other, attracting the attention of famous names such as Marx and Gissing, but also of less well-known characters, who play a significant role in a tale that is a mixture of fable, adventure and Gothic comedy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
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‘Mesmerising, macabre and totally brilliant’ Daily Mail
Before the Ripper, fear had another name.
London, 1880. A series of gruesome murders attributed to the mysterious 'Limehouse Golem' strikes fear into the heart of the capital. Inspector John Kildare must track down this brutal serial killer in the damp, dark alleyways of riverside London. But how does Dan Leno, music hall star extraordinaire, find himself implicated in this crime spree, and what does Elizabeth Cree, on trial for the murder of her husband, have to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780749396596
SKU
KJE0001297
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd is an award-winning historian, biographer, novelist, poet and broadcaster. He is the author of the acclaimed non-fiction bestsellers London: The Biography, Thames: Sacred River and London Under; biographies of figures including Charles Dickens, William Blake, Charlie Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock; and a multi-volume history of England. He has won the Whitbread Biography Award, the Royal Society ... Read more
Reviews for Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem
Cerebral, rollicking murder-mystery.
James Marriott
The Times
Mesmerising, macarbre and totally brilliant
Daily Mail
He has pulled off the greatest coup of all, a four-square crime novel...as aesthetically satisfying as it is morally shocking
Independent on Sunday
Knowledge fuels psychosis, but in Ackroyd's hands it also fuels a flawlessly good read
Observer ... Read more
James Marriott
The Times
Mesmerising, macarbre and totally brilliant
Daily Mail
He has pulled off the greatest coup of all, a four-square crime novel...as aesthetically satisfying as it is morally shocking
Independent on Sunday
Knowledge fuels psychosis, but in Ackroyd's hands it also fuels a flawlessly good read
Observer ... Read more