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Nicola Sly - A Grim Almanac of Leicestershire (Grim Almanacs) - 9780752487441 - V9780752487441
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A Grim Almanac of Leicestershire (Grim Almanacs)

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Description for A Grim Almanac of Leicestershire (Grim Almanacs) Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEML; VXQ; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.

A Grim Almanac of Leicestershire is a day-by-day catalogue of 366 macabre moments from the county’s past. Featured here are such diverse tales as mining disasters, freak weather conditions, industrial catastrophes, train crashes and tragic accidents, including the Oadby woman who was killed by a wasp sting in 1925 and Dorothy Cain, who performed her first ever parachute jump in 1926 — without her parachute. Among the murders detailed in this volume are the assisted suicide of the vicar of Hungerton in 1925, and the unsolved ‘Green Bicycle Murder’ of 1919 at Little Stretton. Generously illustrated with 100 pictures, this ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752487441
SKU
V9780752487441
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5

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