The Lady in the Cellar. Murder, Scandal and Insanity in Victorian Bloomsbury

London England: White Lion Publishers. Fine/Near Fine. 2018. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 9781781317983 Hardcover Hardcover. First Edition. The Lady in the Cellar. Murder , Scandal and Insanity in Victorian Bloomsbury. The discovery of a well-dressed lady's body in the coal cellar of 4, Euston Square gripped tje public imagination in Victorian London and shocked wider society as a whole. However, this macabre find was just the beginning of this scandalous story. The police investigation of the murder, led by Inspector Charles Hagen, a rising star of the recently formed Criminal Investigation Department (CID), exposed a sinister web f sexual intrigue and shone a spotlight on the lives of prime suspects: housemaid Hannah Dobbs, landlord Severin Baqstendorff, his wife and brothers. The murder case quicklly became a cause celebre, sparking public debate on questions of private morality, class conflict and European immigration, and led to the publication of possibly the first sensational 'kiss and tell' tabloid story. In this book the author expertly delves into the archives, fllowing the police inquiry, the criminal trials pertaining to the case and provides the first full-length account of one of Victorian London's most scandalous murder cases. Illustrated. 312 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) .