Discover for yourself the haunts of slave traders, privateers and pressgangs, the hideaway of a suspected assassin and the desecrated grave of a self-professed Jack the Ripper, track down the birthplace of rail travel and the oldest pavilion at a first-class cricket ground, marvel at a life- size replica of the worlds first submarine and the original home of the Epsom Derby, be gobsmacked by burial stones older than Stonehenge and one of the earliest human settlements to be found anywhere in the UK, take a turn on John Lennons first musical instrument and snigger at the sight of Queen Victorias dildo, meet toads that sing, World War IIs best-kept secret and the worlds first (and smallest) skyscraper, toast the UKs greatest female athlete in a brew named in her honour or go for a spin on the only purposebuilt F1 race track in the country. For tourists and locals who have outgrown Hop on-Hop off bus excursions, river cruises and Beatles tours, Secret Liverpool An unusual guide is an indispensable guide to the curiosities of Englands finest Victorian city, designed for people who prefer to customise their own itinerary or simply wander where the mood takes them.