With a New Introduction by Dick Collins. The exploits of
Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street , have been
recounted many times in plays, films and musicals, but the origins
of the character largely were forgotten for many years. The String
of Pearls - the original tale of Sweeney Todd, a classic of British
horror - was first published as a weekly serial in 1846-7 by Edward
Lloyd, the King of the Penny Dreadfuls. One of the earliest
detective stories, it became an important source for Bram Stoker's
Dracula, but it was after over 150 years of obscurity that it
appeared first in book form in the Wordsworth edition published in
2005. The one great mystery that has surrounded the book is who the
author was - or was it possibly the work of more than one man? In
his new introduction to this fully revised second edition, Dick
Collins, by means of detailed research of contemporary records, has
established finally the identity of the creator of this legendary
figure. So here is the original story of the terrifying owner of
that famous London barber-shop, and the secret recipe for Mrs
Lovett s delicious pies...
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