Three Celebrities of Knaresborough : Mother Shipton; Blind Jack; Eugene Aram

Binding:	Softcover
Volume Condition:	Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Parrs
Publication Year:	0
Publication Place:	High Street, Knaresborough
Book ID:	003428
Catalogue(s):	Crime, True Crime and Conspiracies ◇ Local Interest and History - Yorkshire and Humberside

72pp. Lightly illustrated with three plate illustrations. Printed card covers. Not dated but likely c 1890. (Covers worn, chipped and discoloured at edges; a few small ink spots on covers and first couple of pages, pages generally well-thumbed but still clean and clear). History and accounts of three of Knaresborough's most famous inhabitants - Mother Skipton, John Metcalfe aka Blind Jack of Knaresborough, and the murderer Eugene Aram; of the latter there is a particularly interesting short section at the end recording local inhabitants' recollections of the man and the events that made him infamous. Slim 12mo.

Keywords:

Knaresborough blind jack Aram mother Skipton