Mary Carr, Forty Elephants and A Thousand Blows

AS a lad, Brian Mcdonald would sit wide-eyed as his Aunt Ada told him tales of London’s “Queen of Thieves” – famed for her ...
A Thousand Blows loosely adapted the stories of its characters based on historical figures, but history could inspire a few ...
There are moments in this story of pickpocketing and bare-knuckle boxing in the down and dirty East End of late-1800s London ...