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Historian Kate Colquhoun recounts the absorbing tale of addiction, deception and adultery behind the 'Maybrick Mystery', the murder case that cracked the varnish of Victorian society. Will have readers asking to the last page, did she kill him? Shortlisted for the 2014 CWA Dagger: Non Fiction.

In the summer of 1889, young Southern belle Florence Maybrick stood trial for the alleged arsenic poisoning of her much older husband, Liverpool cotton merchant James Maybrick. 'The Maybrick Mystery' had all the makings of a sensation: a pretty, flirtatious young girl, resentful, gossiping servants, rumours of gambling and debt, and torrid mutual infidelity. The case cracked the varnish of Victorian respectability, shocking and exciting the pu...

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The amazing account of a Victorian-era railway murder, and the ensuing manhunt reaching from England to New York City In July 1864, Thomas Briggs was traveling home after visiting his niece and her husband for dinner. He boarded a first-class carriage on the 9:45 pm Hackney service of the North London railway. At Hackney, two bank clerks discovered blood in the seat cushions as well as on the floor, windows, and sides of the carriage. A blood...

The pre-eminent Victorian was Joseph Paxton who bestrode the worlds of horticulture, urban planning, and architecture like a colossus. He was a self-taught polymath who had a solution to every large-scale logistical problem, the genius Charles Dickens dubbed "The Busiest Man in England."Rising quickly from humble beginnings, Paxton, at age 23, became head gardener and architect at Chatsworth, the estate of the sixth Duke of Devonshire. Under P...

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On 9 July 1864, businessman Thomas Briggs walked into carriage 69 on the 9.45 Hackney-bound train. A few minutes later, two bank clerks entered the carriage - but as they sat down, one of them noticed blood pooled in the seat cushions. And then he saw the blood smeared all over the floor and windows, and a bloody handprint on the door...But there was no sign of Thomas Briggs. The only things left in the carriage were his walking stick, his bag...

Biography of Joseph Paxton: horticulturalist to the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth, architect of the Crystal Palace and a true Renaissance man of the Victorian age. Draws on Colquhoun's exclusive access to Paxton's personal letters in completing a compelling rags-to-riches story.

A beautifully illustrated and produced social history of Britain through its food, from Roman times to the age of the celebrity chef. It won the Best Culinary History Book at the UK Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, and includes more than 100 illustrations, 3 full colour inserts and b/w images scattered throughout the text. From the author of "A Thing In Disguise". '"Taste" is a treat, stuffed with scholarly information' "Sunday Telegraph