Rosalind Crone

Rosalind Crone is an award-wining historian specialising in 19^th century Britain and criminal justice. She is the author of two major books, Violent Victorians: Popular Entertainment in 19^th Century London (2012), and Illiterate Inmates: Educating Criminals in 19^th Century England (2022).

Rosalind is professor of history at The Open University, and has previously taught history at the University of Cambridge, where she also completed her PhD. She is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Cambridge Commonwealth Society.

Rosalind is the resident historian on Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley (BBC) and Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley (BBC). Her TV and Podcast credits include: A Very British Murder (BBC), Food: A Scandalous History (BBC), Who Do You Think You Are (BBC & SBS Australia), History's Greatest Scandals: The Victorians (History Extra), Britain Behind Bars: A Secret History (Channel 4), Lucy Worsley Investigates Jack the Ripper (BBC), and The Long View (BBC). Rosalind has written for BBC History Magazine, Who Do You Think You Are Magazine, and Inside Times.

For more information visit www.rosalindcrone.com