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The Cock Lane Ghost

Murder, Sex and Haunting in Dr Johnson's London

Paul Chambers author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The History Press Ltd

Published:8th Mar '06

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The Cock Lane Ghost is a true story of sexual infatuation, conspiracy, murderous accusations and ghostly visitations. Played out in London in the 1760s, it involved everyone from a drunken landlord, respected clergymen, newspaper journalists and a powerful aristocratic family to Dr Samuel Johnston. Its effect was such that the term Cock Lane was still synonymous with folly, superstition and corruption over a century later. Paul Chambers draws on a wealth of contemporary sources to paint a vivid picture of the events that led to the scandal and its aftermath in this entertaining portrait of eighteenth-century life.

ISBN: 9780750938693

Dimensions: 197mm x 156mm x 10mm

Weight: 440g

224 pages