Book review: The Nail in the Skull and other Victorian Legends

Karl Bell

doi:10.1080/0015587X.2023.2210429

Book review: The Nail in the Skull and other Victorian Legends

Karl Bell

Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures

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Book details: Simon Young, The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends.
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2022. 230 pp. Illus. ISBN 978-1-49683-947-3 (hbk), ISBN 978-1-49683-946-6 (pbk).

Original language	English
Journal	Folklore
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/0015587X.2023.2210429
Publication status	Early online - 1 Jun 2023

Keywords

urban legends
Victorian Britain
storytelling

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Book review: The Nail in the Skull and other Victorian Legends

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