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Synopsis
Built by the Romans, looted by the Danes and conquered by King William I (who devastated the town to build a castle and a cathedral), the city of Lincoln has had a long and most dreadful history.
Containing medieval child murder, vile sieges of (and escapes from) the castle, the savage repression of the Lincolnshire rising by King Henry VIII (who had the ringleaders hanged, drawn and quartered) and plagues, lepers, prisons, riots, typhoid, tanks and terrible hangings by the ton, you’ll never see the city in the same way again.
DOUGLAS WYNN, who lives in Louth, is an expert on true crime with books including Murder & Crime in Lincoln and Murder and Crime in Lincolnshire to his name. He has given talks at literary festivals including the Halifax Literary Festival and Dead on Deansgate (the Manchester Crime Festival), as well as to many local groups. Formerly chairman of the Grimsby Writers’ Circle, he now leads a writing group for the Louth U3A.
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