Drawing on a wide selection of sources and illustrated with more
than sixty photographs, this collection of grisly tales explores
the darker side of the Lake District's past. It features the tale
of the 'Keswick Imposter', who seduced and bigamously married a
young lady of Buttermere before being hanged at Castile for fraud,
a story which was the inspiration for Melvyn Bragg's The Maid of
Buttermere. Also included is the account of an eighteenth-century
gang who repeatedly tried to kidnap a wealthy (but alcoholic)
landowner and marry him to a prostitute in order to lay their hands
on his fortune. With murders, hangings, kidnap and violence, Murder
& Crime in the Lake District is sure to captivate and horrify
anyone interested in the criminal history of the area.
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