[Public Domain Review] Mrs Giacometti Prodgers, The Cabman's Nemesis

Wed Sep 19 10:43:42 UTC 2012

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  MRS GIACOMETTI PRODGERS, THE CABMAN’S NEMESIS

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*Heather Tweed explores the story of the woman whose obsessive penchant 
for the lawsuit struck fear into the magistrates and cabmen of Victorian 
London alike.*

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