The Butcher Of Smithfield

Author : Susanna Gregory
Publisher : Sphere
ISBN 13 : 0748124543
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Butcher Of Smithfield written by Susanna Gregory and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2010-12-02 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susanna Gregory, author of the Matthew Bartholomew series of medieval mysteries, has created another compelling fictional detective set in Restoration London. -------------------------------------------- The third adventure in the Thomas Chaloner series. Having just returned from a clandestine excursion to Spain and Portugal on behalf of the Queen, Thomas Chaloner finds London dank and grey under leaden skies. He finds many things changed, including the Government slapping a tax on printed newspapers. Handwritten news reports escape the duty, and the rivalry between the producers of the two conduits of news is the talk of the coffee houses with the battle to be first with any sort of intelligence escalating into violent rivalry. And it seems that a number of citizens who have eaten cucumbers have come to untimely deaths. It is such a death which Chaloner is despatched to investigate; that of a lawyer with links to 'the Butcher of Smithfield', a shady trader surrounded by a fearsome gang of thugs who terrorise the streets well beyond the confines of Smithfield market. Chaloner doesn't believe that either this death or the others are caused by a simple vegetable, but to prove his theory he has to untangle the devious means of how news is gathered and he has to put his personal safety aside as he tries to penetrate the rumour mill surrounding the Butcher of Smithfield and discover his real identity. 'Pungent with historical detail' (Irish Times) 'A richly imagined world of colourful medieval society and irresistible monkish sleuthing' (Good Book Guide) 'Corpses a-plenty, exciting action sequences and a satisfying ending' (Mystery People)

Author : Susanna Gregory
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Butcher of Smithfield written by Susanna Gregory and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After returning to London, Chaloner investigates the death of lawyer with ties to a trader known as "the Butcher of Smithfield."

Author : Susanna Gregory
Publisher : Sphere
ISBN 13 : 0748124527
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Conspiracy Of Violence written by Susanna Gregory and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2010-12-02 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dour days of Cromwell are over. Charles II is well established at White Hall Palace, his mistress at hand in rooms over the Holbein bridge, the heads of some of the regicides on public display. London seethes with new energy, freed from the strictures of the Protectorate, but many of its inhabitants have lost their livelihoods. One is Thomas Chaloner, a reluctant spy for the feared Secretary of State, John Thurloe, and now returned from Holland in desperate need of employment. His erstwhile boss, knowing he has many enemies at court, recommends Thomas to Lord Clarendon, but in return demands that Thomas keep him informed of any plot against him. But what Thomas discovers is that Thurloe had sent another ex-employee to White Hall and he is dead, supposedly murdered by footpads near the Thames. Chaloner volunteers to investigate his killing: instead he is despatched to the Tower to unearth the gold buried by the last Governor. He discovers not treasure, but evidence that greed and self-interest are uppermost in men's minds whoever is in power, and that his life has no value to either side.

Author : Christopher Tilley
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1787355608
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London’s Urban Landscape written by Christopher Tilley and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London’s Urban Landscape is the first major study of a global city to adopt a materialist perspective and stress the significance of place and the built environment to the urban landscape. Edited by Christopher Tilley, the volume is inspired by phenomenological thinking and presents fine-grained ethnographies of the practices of everyday life in London. In doing so, it charts a unique perspective on the city that integrates ethnographies of daily life with an analysis of material culture. The first part of the volume considers the residential sphere of urban life, discussing in detailed case studies ordinary residential streets, housing estates, suburbia and London’s mobile ‘linear village’ of houseboats. The second part analyses the public sphere, including ethnographies of markets, a park, the social rhythms of a taxi rank, and graffiti and street art. London’s Urban Landscape returns us to the everyday lives of people and the manner in which they understand their lives. The deeply sensuous character of the embodied experience of the city is invoked in the thick descriptions of entangled relationships between people and places, and the paths of movement between them. What stories do door bells and house facades tell us about contemporary life in a Victorian terrace? How do antiques acquire value and significance in a market? How does living in a concrete megastructure relate to the lives of the people who dwell there? These and a host of other questions are addressed in this fascinating book that will appeal widely to all readers interested in London or contemporary urban life.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 924 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reports from Commissioners written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
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Download or read book Reports from the Commissioners written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1068 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The National Provisioner written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Great Britain House of Commons
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1046 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reports from the committees written by Great Britain House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 1046 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 842 pages
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Download or read book Butchers' Advocate written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: