Tony McMahon, ‘The Beardy Historian’, interviewed by N.V. Peacock Jack the Ripper and Abraham Lincoln

The perfect event with Halloween looming… Tony McMahon, known as The Beardy Historian, is an investigative historian, published author, and journalist.

In ‘Jack the Ripper and Abraham Lincoln’, he makes an astonishing connection between two of the 19th century’s greatest crimes, focusing on fraudulent doctor, Francis Tumblety, implicated at various points in both the 1865 assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the 1888 Jack the Ripper killings. Come along to find out more…if you dare!

Tony’s interviewer for the evening is dark psychological thriller writer and Northants resident, N.V. Peacock. Nicky is fascinated by the psychology of violent psychopaths and has three adult thrillers out, each featuring a serial killer.

It’s sure to be a thrilling evening – come along if you dare!

Tickets: General Admission £9, Concessions (Over 65s, under 18s, students, and those on UC) £8

Tickets available at The Oundle Bookshop (cash only), or via our website oundlefestivalofliterature.co.uk (head to the ‘What’s On’ page).