A Grim Almanac Of The Workhouse

For two centuries, the shadow of the workhouse hung over Britain.In the early hours of 31 August 1888, the mutilated body of Mary Ann Nichols - the first generally accepted victim of Jack the Ripper - was discovered in Buck's Row, Whitechapel, just a little way from the Whitechapel workhouse infirmary.

• | By (Author): Peter Higginbotham
• | Publisher: The History Press Ltd
• | Publication Date: Feb 01, 2013
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 240 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0752487396
• | ISBN-13: 9780752487397