{"product_id":"dark-london","title":"Dark London","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom dark crimes of passion to shocking tales of grave robbing, gruesome murders, dens of iniquity, Victorian séances and haunted houses – not far beneath London’s everyday bustle and glitter there has long been a fascinatingly rich underworld of criminality, superstition, scandal and macabre debauchery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Dark London, social historian Dr Drew Gray, a specialist in the history of crime and punishment, delves into the city’s grim yet compelling past, uncovering the people and places that shaped its darker identity.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross more than 100 real-life cases and curiosities, he explores how London became both the heart of a growing empire and a stage for vice, greed and human fallibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHighlights include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-The London Burkers, a notorious gang of resurrectionists whose leader confessed to stealing and selling nearly 1,000 bodies to London’s medical schools in the 1830s. \u003cbr\u003e-The Whitechapel Murders of 1888, still the world’s longest running serial murder mystery. \u003cbr\u003e-The prisons of Newgate and Pentonville, where shifting attitudes towards justice revealed the tension between punishment, reform and moral control. \u003cbr\u003e-The legend of Spring-heeled Jack, the terrifying, leaping figure who caused panic across London’s streets. \u003cbr\u003e-The Great Stink of 1858, when London’s polluted Thames brought the city to a standstill and forced a revolution in sanitation and public health.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDark London brings together the history of the city’s seamier side, picking out the most scandalous, curious and bizarre aspects of London’s shadowy underbelly. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Different than Magma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55625060417912,"sku":"9781836004240","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0285\/4760\/files\/Screenshot2026-08-05at15-07-30DarkLondonAJourneyThroughtheCity_sMysteriousandMacabreUnderworldAmazon.co.ukGrayDr.Drew9781836004240Books.png?v=1785938870","url":"https:\/\/magma-shop.com\/products\/dark-london","provider":"Magma","version":"1.0","type":"link"}