All of Arthur’s actions after escaping the garotte were self-destructive: Linda’s abandonment caused Arthur to mutilate her Quaker confidant in season 5; Polly’s death in season 6 drove him to find relief in Birmingham’s opium dens. However, if he’d not escaped the garotte, that destr...
were arranged about the room some thirty customers were drinking English beer, porter, gin, and brandy; smoking, the while, long red clay pipes stuffed with little balls of opium mingled with essence of rose. From time to time one of the smokers, overcome with the narcotic, would s...
Chatsworth, Blenheim Palace, Holkham Hall and Boughton House, and marks the first time they were filmed in 3D. These 5 episodes shed light on these well-loved, spectacular buildings, as well as their treasures that tell human
colorful wire and any cheap electronic gizmo that looked interesting. I hung it all on my crudely constructed box. Visiting adults to my attic were often fascinated by its authenticity. It worked mostly by imagination, mine. I had a lot of fun with that project and it may be why I believ...
Radboud University in the Netherlands. A far cry from the staid, grey-bearded academic I spoke with, Lewis regularly broke into clinics to steal drugs in his youth. He was all too familiar with narcotics— heroin on the streets, powerful psychedelics at parties, and opium in the dens of ...
the Chinese opened restaurants all over the Netherlands. Many Chinese who started a new life in the Netherlands were illegal though. The Chinese also opened their own pleasure houses: gambling houses, opium dens and clubhouses. In the 1960s, Dutch people discovered Chinese opium and added this ...
Madge Frettlby, are forced to search for the truth themselves in order to save his life. Their investigation not only uncovers a trail of secrets and scandal from opium dens and brothels to the cream of society, but their revelation threatens to tear Madge’s family apart.Add to your WATCH...