Bøger af John Landers

The odd Mr. Blackwell has some peculiar secrets. Some may say unsavory. The acclaimed Dr. West devotes her life to unlocking secrets, and she only expects success. The veteran Sergeant O'Leary investigates a crime at work, and contemplates one at home. Three people with three different destinations converging, but somewhere in the middle, between fantasy and reality, there is a place in the shadows where to be alone is to be lost, and when you are lost... can you trust your mind?So, step carefully lest you fall. Go quietly or you will be heard... and sometimes secrets are best kept secret.

A powerful analysis of demographic patterns in London over the 'long eighteenth century', concentrating on mortality but also including data on marital fertility, population structure and migration. The evidence indicates that mortality in London was generally much higher than in other settlements in England.