Table of Contents
Introduction ix
Acknowledgements xiii
1 Revolting Peasants: 1381 1
2 Murder in the Cathedral: 1514 17
3 Filthie Lustes of Wicked Whoredome: 1573 33
4 Murder Under the Guise of Friendship: 1613 49
5 Cheerfully to the Stake: 1675 67
6 Dying for a Drink 1695 83
7 Rioting and Drunkenness, Chambering and Wantonness: 1716 97
8 John Davis, Highwayman: 1731 115
9 Murder at Tyburn: 1751 129
10 A Momentary Phrensy Overcame Me: 1779 147
11 Down by the Jetty: 1798 167
12 'An Act of Blood, Horrid Almost Beyond Example': 1812 185
13 East Side, West Side, All Around the Town: 1836 203
14 You Can't Outrun Death: 1864 221
15 Shoreditch in Scarlet: 1887 243
16 The East Finchley Baby Farmers: 1902 263
17 Deptford - Prints of Thieves: 1905 285
18 Meat is Murder: 1917 309
19 Death at the Palace: 1934 331
20 Styllou Christofi, the Other Ruth Ellis: 1954 351
Bibliography 369
Index 385