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About Jan Bondeson
See more books from this AuthorDuly noting the chauvinistic tenor of the time, he ably captures the constrained social circumstances of the young women who were Williams’s accusers, as well as such flamboyant personalities as Angerstein and, memorably, Williams’s opportunistic champion Theophilus Swift.
| Read Full Review of The London Monster: A Sanguin...The London Monster: Terror on the Streets in 1790 by Jan Bondeson 320pp, Tempus, £20 Night has fallen, the street-lamps are faint and few.
Feb 14 2004 | Read Full Review of The London Monster: A Sanguin...Although his 18th-century London seems far removed and faintly absurd, Bondeson's examination of the Monster mania and similar 19th-century incidents throughout Europe as examples of ""moral panic""--wherein isolated incidents convince the populace that moral order is being eroded--is illuminating.
| Read Full Review of The London Monster: A Sanguin...Bondeson is at his best in detailing how a Papierkrieg by the intelligent but not entirely reputable lawyer Theophilus Swift (a collateral descendant of the famous Jonathan Swift) influenced public opinion in favor of Williams.
Dec 16 2000 | Read Full Review of The London Monster: A Sanguin...An aggregated and normalized score based on 5 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes