| ISBN |
9780316506861 (hardback) |
| Name |
Dawson, Kate Winkler author. |
| Title |
Death in the air : the true story of a serial killer, the great London smog, and the strangling of a city / Kate Winkler Dawson. |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| Published |
New York, NY : Hachette Books, 2017. |
| ©2017 |
| Description |
viii, 341 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-333) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- Pressure -- Blackout -- Restrained -- Trapped -- Bodies in the mist -- Postmortem -- Smothered -- Hearth and home -- Squeezed -- Buried -- Illumination -- Infamous -- Legacy -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
In winter 1952, London automobiles and thousands of coal-burning hearths belched particulate matter into the air. But the smog that descended on December 5th of 1952 was different; it was a type that held the city hostage for five long days. Mass transit ground to a halt, criminals roamed the streets, and 12,000 people died. That same month, there was another killer at large in London: John Reginald Christie, who murdered at least six women. In a braided narrative that draws on extensive interviews, never-before-published material, and archival research, Dawson captivatingly recounts the intersecting stories of the these two killers and their longstanding impact on modern history. |
| Subjects |
Christie, Reginald |
| Serial murderers -- England -- London -- Case studies |
| Smog -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century |
| London (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century |
| London (England) -- Environmental conditions -- 20th century |
| Genre |
True crime stories |
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