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Curators at Moyse’s Hall Museum (located in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk) just found an anthropodermic book hidden on an office ...
A second copy of a book bound in the skin of a notorious 19th-century murderer is now on display at a museum in Suffolk, ...
Museum staff believe the binding and corners of this book are made using the skin of 19th Century murderer William Corder A book bound in the skin of one of the UK's most notorious murderers is to ...
A book bound in the skin of one of the UK's most notorious murderers is to go on display after being found in a museum's office. The work is understood to be made using the skin of William Corder ...
In 1828, thousands gathered in Bury St Edmunds to watch William Corder hang for the murder of Maria Marten, his lover, in a ...
The second book was discovered last year and, unlike the original, only has skin on the books binding and corners ... and was commonly seen in the 19th century as a way punish executed prisoners ...
In 1869, after the horrors of the Civil War and amid the country’s rapid industrialization, Murray’s book became a surprise ... had changed since the 19th century. But nothing in the ...
Philadelphia's Bible Riots of 1844 reflected a strain of anti-Catholic bias and hostility that coursed through 19th-century America ... tale that most civics books and high-school texts either ...
The eggs are whisked to just the right consistency before meeting the grill, resulting in an omelette that’s substantial ...
Drinking glasses from the 19th century afford plenty of collecting opportunities ... These range from simple plain examples to the so-called Sunderland Bridge glasses commemorating the opening of the ...