Cambridge Crime in the 19th Century

Three authors reveal the murky past of the world-renowned city and university.
The Spinning House, how Cambridge University locked up women in its private prison...infamously arresting
unchaperoned women walking the streets after dark - Caroline Biggs, a former trustee at the Museum of
Cambridge and founder of the city's History Festival, explores its scandalous secrets.Firestarter, the controversial deeds and death of the Shelford arsonist - Fraser Grace, award-winning playwright
and a Senior Teaching Associate at the University, recounts the true story of the disruptive farm worker - wronged
Man or compulsive sociopath?Ostler, Sizar and Whipster in the Cambridge Harriman mystery series - Susan Grossey, presents her highly
authentic crime novels set in the 1820s, featuring a University constable. Chaired by Kay Blayney.