THIEVES' SEPSIS
The Deadly Truth Behind Victorian London’s Gentleman ThievesBy Lucius Vespillo
Length1h 16m
About this audiobook
Victorian London’s “gentleman thief” was never a charming rogue in a silk hat. Thieves’ Sepsis drags listeners into the real underworld beneath the myth: child gangs drilled with razors, pickpockets swarming markets and theatre queues, bribed constables, bloody turf wars, and mothers forced to trade innocence for survival. In this dark, immersive audiobook, Lucius Vespillo tears apart the penny-dreadful fantasy and exposes the rot, violence, and desperation that fed the city’s criminal bloodstream. If you want Victorian history without the romance, this is the descent.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction
Length1 hr 16 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 22, 2026
LanguageEnglish
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