Hertfordshire Murders

In spite of its small size and rural character Hertfordshire has been the location for some of the most infamous and fiendish murders in the history of England.

Spanning four centuries, this title contains accounts of many of these crimes, including several never included in a book before.

The book draws largely from unused archive material.

Among the murders included are the attempt to murder Charles II by a group of renegade publicans, the murder of a reputed witch by an angry village mob and the story of John Thurtell who shot the regency buck William Ware over gambling debts.

His execution attracted a crowd of 20,000. Also featured is the last woman to be executed in Hertfordshire - she murdered her sister, an inmate in a lunatic asylum, and the unsolved murder of Ann Noblett whose frozen corpse was discovered in the middle of summer.