Poor Bickerton: A Journey to the Dark Heart of Georgian England by Stephen Haddelsey

Poor Bickerton: A Journey to the Dark Heart of Georgian England

Stephen Haddelsey

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On 8 October 1833 Coroner Thomas Higgs opened an inquest into the death of John Bickerton, an elderly eccentric who, despite rumors of his wealth and high connections, had died in abject squalor, 'from the want of the common necessaries of life'....

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