Pen and Sword Books: Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in and Around Doncaster by Stephen Wade

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in and Around Doncaster (5 reviews)
by Stephen Wade
Imprint: Wharncliffe True Crime
Found in: Local History Books
True Crime Books
Series: Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths
Paperback
176 pages
ISBN: 9781845631109
Published: 10 May 2010

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Doncaster has world-wide fame as a railway town. For many years the name was associated with engineering, transport and of course coal. But there is a darker aspect to its history. The sinister side is explored through the research and writing of an experienced crime historian. Sensational tales have been uncovered concerning a variety of dark deeds, including a cloak-and-dagger meeting in an Elizabethan tavern and the murder of a Civil War leader. Over the years Doncaster and district has been the scene of riots, Suffragette militancy, terrible domestic tragedies, sad suicides and brutal murders. The stories here range from the notorious Baccarat Scandal which shocked Victorian society to a betting-room robbery at the races. The author also reminds us about famous criminals associated with the town, as well as a Prince and a hangman, a notorious fraudster , even a London playboy. Shocking, surprising, at times chilling but true, a new layer of the town’s social history is now available for the first time; but not for the feint hearted.

Stephen Wade is a professional writer specialising in regional crime. He has written several volumes for Wharncliffe’s acclaimed Foul Deeds series. His most recent books include Tracing Your Police Ancestors and Britain’s Most Notorious Hangmen. Tracing Your Criminal Ancestors and Cold Cases Revisted, a casebook of DNA forensics in major crime investigations, are forthcoming. He lives near Scunthorpe.

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"Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in and Around Doncaster" is, as the title suggests, a chronology of crimes and misdemeanours committed in the Doncaster district from the times of Queen Elizabeth I in the 1580s... [read full review]

Jayne (customer review)

If you mention Doncaster it is most likely that images of the races, coal mining or railways are likely to appear but what about women's suffrage, murder or suicide? This edition of Foul Deeds reveals... [read full review]

JB (Customer Review)

Doncaster has world-wide fame as a railway town and is associated with transport, engineering and of course coal.
But there is a much darker and chilling history to Doncaster this sinister side is explored through... [read full review]

Jeff Bond

With a taste for the sinister, this book explores the countless dark deeds which swamp Doncaster's history. Although enjoying fame as a railway town; and its associations with coal, transport and engineering, the town's more... [read full review]

James Tweal

Stephen Wade is an experienced crime historian whose uncovering of Doncaster's darkest deeds certainly lend credence to it being far more than 'just a railway town'. This collection of brief tales is strictly factual and... [read full review]

Carl (customer review)

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About Stephen Wade

Stephen Wade is a professional writer specialising in regional crime, family heritage and nineteenth century history. He has written numerous books for Pen and Sword, most recently Britain’s Most Notorious Hangmen, Tracing Your Police Ancestors and DNA Investigations.

He lives near Scunthorpe.

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