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The killing of Lord George, a tale of murder and deceit in Edwardian England, Karl Shaw

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The killing of Lord George, a tale of murder and deceit in Edwardian England, Karl Shaw

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The killing of Lord George

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1338652523

Responsibility statement

Karl Shaw

Sub title

a tale of murder and deceit in Edwardian England

Summary

"The life and death of a 19th-century circus legend. On November 28, 1911 a retired showman died violently at his home in North London. Known to the world as Lord George Sanger, he was once the biggest name in show business, and was venerated as a national institution. The death of Britain's wealthiest showman read like a popular crime thriller: a merciless killer; a famous victim; sensational media headlines; a desperate manhunt laced with police incompetencies and a dramatic denouement few could have anticipated. But for over a century, questions have persisted about the murder. Weaving in the story of George's rise to fame and the history of Britain's entertainment industry, The Killing of Lord George uses previously unpublished archive material to reconstruct the events leading up to the death and reveal the true story behind the brutal crime that shocked Edwardian England." --, Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Park Farm -- Press gang -- Manhunt -- Peep show -- Vine Street -- Lion queen -- Three persons butchered -- Bodies -- A lethal certainty -- Lord of the ring -- Autospy -- Elephant -- A very god of a man -- Inquest -- Winter -- Hubris -- The valet -- In plain sight -- False witness -- Epilogue

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