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were frustrated by the hereditary House of Lords, but finally, under the threat of the creation of massive numbers of liberal peerages by the King, the Lords allowed passage of the Reform Bill and ceased to exist as a significant political power. The social revolution had come, almost without bloodshed, and the Anarchists, left without a cause, slowly faded away.

REFERENCES

Here are a few books that we found helpful in creating Death in Hyde Park. If you have comments or questions, you may write to Bill and Susan Albert, PO Box 1616, Bertram TX 78605, or e-mail us at china@tstar.net. You may also wish to visit our website, www.mysterypartners.com.

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Dangerfield, George. The Strange Death of Liberal England 1910- 1914. New York: Capricorn Books, 1935.

Heffer, Simon. Power and Place: the Political Consequences of King Edward VII. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998.

Hopkirk, Peter. The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia. London: Kodansha International, 1990.

Horn, Pamela. Victorian Countrywomen. London: Basil Blackwell, 1991.

Kerslaw, Alex. Jack London: A Life. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 1997.

Leeson, Sergeant B. Lost London: The Memoirs of an East End Dectective. London: Stanley Paul & Ltd., 1997.

London, Jack. The God of His Fathers. Garden City, NY: Double-day, Page & Co., 1901.

London, Jack. The People of the Abyss. New York: Macmillan, 1903.

Mayhew, Henry. London Labor and the London Poor. London: Griffin, Bohn, and Co., 1851.

Meredith, Isabel. A Girl Among the Anarchists. London: Duckworth & Co., 1903.

Quail, John. The Slow Burning Fuse. London: Granada Publishing, 1978.

Riis, Jacob. How the Other Half Lives, Studies of the Tenements of New York. Reprint edition. New York: Hill and Wang, 1890.

Sims, George R., ed. Edwardian London. Vol. 1, “ Russia in East London,” by Count E. Armfelt, and “ London ’s Clubs for Women,” by Sheila E. Braine, reprint edition. London: The Village Press, ND.

Stone, Irving. Jack London, Sailor on Horseback. New York: Signet, 1938.

Thorwald, Jurgen. The Century of the Detective. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1964.

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[1] Kate’s expeditions into the East End are described in Death at Whitechapel.

[2] For the full story of Kate and Charles’s encounter with Conan Doyle in Devonshire, read Death at Dartmoor.

[3] Kate met Ellie in Death at Whitechapel, when she was helping Charles to trace out the secrets of the decade-old Ripper murders.

[4] The true story may be read in Death at Glamis Castle.

[5] Kate’s story is related in detail in Death at Bishop’s Keep.

[6] Patrick’s story is told in Death at Rottingdean and Death at Epsom Downs.