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    <body><![CDATA[Sweeney Todd’s crimes struck horror into the hearts of eighteenth century Londoners, and continue to chill and fascinate two hundred years later. According to the legend, Todd was a barber with a grimy shop on Fleet Street. When solitary victims settled into his chair for a shave, the ‘Demon Bar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34889674">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a disappointment, not what I was expecting it to be. From the annotation on the back cover I expected it to be a scholarly historical work, with footnotes and such, making the case for Sweeney Todd's existence and chronicling what little is known of his life. Instead, the book provided...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64070019">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i have been a fan of this story since i saw angela lansbury do it in new york 20 years ago. i've seen it done locally as well, and am THRILLED that a movie has been produced. johnny depp is an EXCELLENT sweeny.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A thorough and entertaining account of the Demon Barber based on the Newgate Calender publications of the 1800's and not the romanticized Victorian version.  This is a candid look at the man behind the legend giving the how, where and whens of his crimes, trial and execution and how Todd has influen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53808776">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The problem is with this book is that it claims to tell the real story of Sweeney Todd and says that 25 years of research went into it. Haining asserts that Todd was a real person citing dates and the like but doesn't back this up.<br/><br/>In no way is this a well researched book - there is no bi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15911821">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Am currently reading this book - by mistake.  I thought it was the READ Sweeney Todd book, but alas,it is only a historical review of the times of Sweeney Todd.<br/><br/>The book is interesting although the author goes on inconsequential tangents and I often forget what the original purpose of the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31442738">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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