The Trial of Elizabeth Cree: A Novel of the Limehouse Murders

In 1880 a series of murders shakes Limehouse, a notorious London slum. The crimes attract the attention of three remarkable men: the revolutionary economist, Karl Marx; the struggling author and satirist, George Gissing; and the legendary Dan Leno, the Charlie Chaplin of his day. But it is the sensational trial of Elizabeth Cree, accused of killing her husband, that sheds light on the astonishing truth about the Limehouse murders. Deftly blending fact and fiction, Peter Ackroyd spins a suspenseful tale that probes the shadows of gaslit London.