| A Grim Almanac of Leicestershire Contributor(s): Sly, Nicola (Author) |
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ISBN: 0752487442 ISBN-13: 9780752487441 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Series: Grim Almanacs |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.35 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'A Grim Almanac of Leicestershire' is a day-by-day catalogue of 366 macabre moments from the county's past. Featured here are such diverse tales as mining disasters, freak weather conditions, industrial catastrophes, train crashes and tragic accidents, including the Oadby woman who was killed by a wasp sting in 1925 and Dorothy Cain, who performed her first ever parachute jump in 1926 - without her parachute. Among the murders detailed in this volume are the assisted suicide of the vicar of Hungerton in 1925, and the unsolved 'Green Bicycle Murder' of 1919 at Little Stretton. |