Charlie Peace: His amazing life and astounding legend David Dabydeen A master storyteller

A master storyteller

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Charlie Peace: His amazing life and astounding legend David Dabydeen A master storytellerCharlie Peace His Amazing Life and Astounding Legend charts the evolution of a Victorian master burglar and murderer from truth to myth. The book begins with the way his crimes were reported in The Illustrated Police News before examining the growth of the legend in Penny Dreadfuls and ballads, before this criminal was uniquely transformed into a folk hero in popular theatre, waxwork shows, early cinema, music hall song and even comics. The book will