A Grim Almanac of Bristol by Sly, Nicola

A Grim Almanac of Bristol (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780752459349)

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A Grim Almanac of Bristol by Sly, Nicola

A Grim Almanac of Bristol

$27.95
A Grim Almanac of Bristol by Sly, Nicola

A Grim Almanac of Bristol

$27.95
Format: Paperback
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A Grim Almanac of Bristol is a day-by-day catalogue of 365 ghastly tales from the city's past. There are murders and manslaughters, including the case of Thomas Buller, who was killed in 1875 by a man who was married only that morning, and Sarah Skinner, who was thrown out of a window in 1847. There are bizarre deaths, such as the mother who mistakenly fed her child rat poison instead of teething powders, and the deaths of a man and his wife from a gas leak, both of which occurred in 1861. There is an assortment of disasters which include devastating fires, such as the destruction of the Merchant Venturers' College in 1907 and the fire in a city hat shop in 1876, which claimed the lives of the proprietor and two of his children, not to mention mining disasters, rail crashes, explosions, shipwrecks, cases of cruelty and neglect, and a plethora of uncanny accidents. Generously illustrated, this chronicle is an entertaining and readable record of Bristol's grim past. Read on ... if you dare!

Author: Nicola Sly
ISBN-10: 0752459341
ISBN-13: 9780752459349
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2011
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.70h x 6.60w x 0.50d
By Nicola Sly
By Nicola Sly
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Nicola Sly has a Master's Degree in forensic and legal psychology and currently teaches criminology to adult learners. She is the author of fourteen true crime books, including Bristol Murders, Dorset Murders, Hampshire Murders, Shropshire Murders, Worcestershire Murders and Murder by Poison and co-author of Cornish Murders and Somerset Murders. She lives in Cornwall.

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