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==Crime (historical)==
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|author=D E Meredith
|title=The Devil's Ribbon
|rating=4.5
|genre=Crime (Historical)
|summary=In the London of 1858, the Irish are the poorest of the poor, despised and feared by the English. They were forced to emigrate from their fatherland because of the famine which decimated the population, and now the majority of them live in filthy, germ-ridden rookeries. Cholera is killing them off in their hundreds, and blame for their terrible conditions is laid squarely at the feet of their English masters, together with those Irishmen who have so far forgotten their home that they cooperate with the oppressors. And as the hottest summer on record drags on, and the tenth anniversary of the potato blight and its horrific consequences approach, the mood in the slums is ripe for violence and murder.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0312557698</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Thomas Bruce Wheeler