Meat, Murder, Malfeasance, Medicine and Martyrdom : Smithfield Stories: Wat Tyler, Anne Askew, Sweeney Todd, Jack the Ripper, Heinrich Himmler & more ...

This remarkable book reveals the sensational, historical and personal stories of the physical, cultural and psychological territory of London''s Smithfield. These stories construct an impression of Smithfield, ''Little Britain'', and throw their dark light both on British national history, and on the human condition.