Inspector Minahan Makes a Stand
the Missing Girls of England
In Victorian London, the age of consent was just thirteen. Unwitting girls were regularly enticed, tricked and sold into prostitution. If not marked out for a gentleman in a city brothel, they were legally trafficked to Brussels, Paris and beyond. All the while, the Establishment turned a blind eye. That is, until one policeman wrote an incendiary report. Disgraced for testifying against a violent colleague, Irish inspector Jeremiah Minahan was transferred to the backwater of Chelsea as punishment. Here he met Mary Jeffries, a notorious trafficker and procuress who counted Cabinet members and royalty among her clientele. Within days of report…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-330-54465-8
- EAN: 9780330544658
- Produktnummer: 14519133
- Verlag: Pan Macmillan
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 384 S.
- Masse: H19.6 cm x B13.0 cm x D2.4 cm 318 g
- Gewicht: 318
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
Bridget O'Donnell is a former BBC producer and director. She has written for various newspapers, incuding the Guardian, and recently completed with distinction an MA in Creative Non-Fiction at City University. She lives in London with her family. This is her first book.
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