The London monster

'Gripping... Jan Bondeson is an extremely engaging and reliable storyteller' THE GUARDIAN; 'Excellent' THE INDEPENDENT; 'Lively and gripping' THE DAILY TELEGRAPH; 'Entertaining' THE MAIL ON SUNDAY.; 'A gripping story' LUCY MOORE; 'Narrated in lavish detail. absorbing' ROY PORTER; 'Well researched and daring' FRANCES WILSON

Jan Bondeson is a senior lecturer and consultant rheumatologist at the University of Wales College of Medicine. His many critically acclaimed books include Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear and The Pig-Faced Lady of Manchester Square & Other Medical Marvels, ('Reveals how these tragic individuals triumphed over their terrible adversity' The Daily Mail; 'Well written and superbly illustrated' The Financial Times, 'Profoundly humane' The Sunday Telegraph), also published by Tempus. He lives in Newport, Monmouthshire.