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Sensational Victoria : bright lights, red lights, murders, ghosts & gardens / by Eve Lazarus.

Lazarus, Eve, 1959- (Author).

Summary:

"Sensational Victoria covers legendary women, including Emily Carr, Nellie McClung, Gwen Cash, Sylvia Holland, and Myfanwy Pavelic; prominent madams and their brothels; murders in the capital—five ranging from 1898 to 1992; and, the homes of limners (painters of ornamental decoration), writers, and entertainers, including Herbert Siebner, Elza Mayhew, Pat Martin Bates, Robin Skelton, Carole Sabiston, Bruce Hutchison, Alice Munro, David Foster, Spoony Sundher, and Nell Shipman."-- Publisher's website.

Record details

ISBN: 9781927380062 (sc.)
ISBN: 1927380065 (sc.)
Physical Description: 160 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Anvil Press, c2012

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-157) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. In the steps of Emily Carr -- 2. Five legendary women of Victoria -- 3. Tales of the sea -- 4. Victoria's red light district -- 5. Murders in the capital -- 6. Ghost stories -- 7. Heritage gardens -- 8. Bright lights -- 9. The limers -- 10. A stroll around downtown.

People included: Emily Carr ; Nellie McClung ; Gwen Cash ; Sylvia Holland ; Muriel (Capi) Wylie Blanchet ; George Washington Sprott Balcom ; John Claus Voss ; John Walbran ; Johnny Schnarr ; Mabel Fortune Driscoll ; Captain Leonard Pye Locke ; Stella Carroll ; Christina Haas ; Charlie Kincaid ; Agnes Bings ; William Earl Osland.