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Sentimental Murder - Love And
Madness In The Eighteenth
Century

On an April evening in
1779, a woman is shot on
the steps of Covent
Garden. Her murderer is a
young soldier and Church
of England minister; her
lover, the Earl of
Sandwich, one of the
most powerful politicians
of the day. This
compelling account of
murder, love and
intrigue brings Georgian
London to life in a
spellbinding historical
masterpiece. On an April
evening in 1779, Martha
Ray, mistress of the
Earl of Sandwich, was
shot on the steps of
Covent Garden by James
Hackman, a young soldier
and minister of the
Church of England. She
died instantly, leaving
behind a grief-stricken
lover and five small
children. Hackman, after
trying to kill himself,
was arrested, tried and
hanged at Tyburn ten days
later. The story was to
become one of the
scandals of the age. It
seemed an open-and-shut
case, but why had
Hackman killed Ray? He
claimed he suffered from
'love's madness' but his
motives remained obscure.
And as Martha Ray shared
the bed of one of the
most powerful and
unpopular politicians of
the day (and one of
Georgian London's
greatest libertines),
the city buzzed with the
story, as every hack
journalist sharpened his
pen. John Brewer has
written an account of
this violent murder that
is as thrilling and
compelling as the best
crime novel. Atmospheric,
beautifully written,
and alive with the
characters and bustle of
18th-century London, the
book examines in minute
detail the events of a
few crucial moments and
gives an unforgettable
account of the
relationships between the
three protagonists and
their different places
within society. However,
the interest in Martha's
murder did not end with
the Georgians, and
'Sentimental Murder
'ranges over two
centuries, populated by
journalists, biographers
and historians who tried
to make sense of the
killing. And so it
becomes an intriguing
exploration of the
relations between history
and fiction,
storytelling and fact,
past and present. John
Brewer has transformed a
tragic tale of murder
into an historical
masterpiece.

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Suffolk Murders

Contained within the
pages of this book are
the stories behind some
of the most heinous
crimes ever committed in
Suffolk. Mark Mower
unveils a catalogue of
true crime stories from
the county's history.
Comprehensively
researched using original
records and accounts,
this book contains vivid
accounts of the
circumstances surrounding
each murder case and
provides a grim insight
into the minds and
methods of the killers
concerned. From
opportunistic and
irrational slayings to
premeditated homicides,
the full range of
murderous activity is
recounted here. Mark
Mower's carefully
researched,
well-illustrated and
enthralling text will
appeal to anyone
interested in the shady
side of Suffolk's
history, and should give
much food for thought.

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Afraid Of The Dark - The
Tragic Story Of Robert Holohan

Robert Holohan's
disappearance on the 4th
of January 2005 touched
the heart of the nation.
For eight days people
from all over Ireland
searched for the boy. All
their hopes were dashed
when his body was found.
Then the full tragedy
emerged when his good
friend and neighbour,
Wayne O'Donoghue,
admitted to the killing;
at the court case he
pleaded guilty to
manslaughter, and was
sentenced to four years
in prison. Ralph Riegel's
account of this tragedy
starts at the afternoon
of Robert's disappearance
right up to the aftermath
of Wayne O'Donoghue's
trial and Majella
Holohan's Victim Impact
Statement.

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Death On The Hill - The
Killing Of Celine Cawley

The case that had
everything: lies,
betrayal, sex. The story
that fascinated the
nation. On 15 December
2008, two screams
shattered the peace of
the affluent Windgate
Road in Howth, Co
Dublin. Celine Cawley,
founder of the hugely
successful Toytown Films,
former model and 'Bond
girl', lay dying on the
patio of her home. A
major garda search got
underway for the
balaclava-wearing burglar
that Celine's husband,
Eamonn Lillis, had
described so vividly as
his wife's attacker. But
it quickly became clear
that there was no
burglar, and the finger
of suspicion pointed
squarely at Lillis
himself. Journalist
Abigail Rieley, who
covered the trial for the
Irish Independent, gives
a step-by-step account of
the day of the killing,
the garda investigations,
explores the
relationship between
Lillis and Cawley and
between Lillis and his
mistress, and gives a
day-by-day account of the
sensational trial and its
impact on the families.

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Elmer McCurdy - The
Misadventures In Life And
Afterlife Of An American
Outlaw

Born 1880. Shot dead
1911. Buried 1977. These
are the critical dates in
the extraordinary life
and afterlife of Elmer
McCurdy. Elmer McCurdy's
first thirty-one years in
this world didn't add up
to much. He was a hobo,
a plumber-come-miner,
who'd jumped a train and
drifted west on the back
of an infectious,
turn-of-the-century
optimism. He was a drunk
too, and, soon enough,
a failed train robber. In
1911, in an attempt to
blow open the safe of a
train, McCurdy fused
$40, 000 to the safe's
walls. Later that year he
robbed the wrong train
and rode away with a haul
that was described by the
papers as 'one of the
smallest in the history
of train robbery.' Within
days he was dead -- shot
by a sheriff and his
posse in a gun battle on
a ranch. At this point
McCurdy, like millions
of others, should have
slipped quietly from
memory. But, in death,
he accidentally found
fame. From the Joseph
Johnson Funeral Home,
where the owner propped
McCurdy's mummified
cadaver up and charged a
nickel-a-look, to the
sideshows of the Great
Patterson Carnival,
McCurdy became big
business. In 1928 he was
the star attraction in a
carnival that accompanied
an extraordinary
transcontinental running
race from Los Angeles to
New York. He was the
'Oklahoma Outlaw',
admired as a hero in a
criminal league to which
he'd never truly
belonged. And then, in
the 1940s and 1950s, he
was reinvented for a
series of Hollywood
exploitation films,
before winding up painted
day-glo orange and
hanging by his neck in
the Laff in the Dark
ghost tunnel in Long
Beach. He was found here
in 1976 during the
filming of an episode of
'The Six Million Dollar
Man' and finally handed
over to the authorities.
Mark Svenvold unravels
this remarkable story --
a dead body's journey
through the 20th-century
-- with the sensitivity
the dead are due. Part
travel book, part
exposition of the bizarre
and exotic corners of the
American entertainment
industry, part
meditation on death and
its meanings, 'Elmer
McCurdy' is a unique and
gripping biography.

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Living With Murder

Living with Murder also
provides readers with an
in-depth analysis of
murder from a Forensic
Psychology perspective.
Where does the urge to
kill come from? Is it
genetic, hormonal,
biological, or cultural
conditioning? Do killers,
rapists, kidnappers and
predators have any
control over their
desires? What sets them
apart? The author has
spoken to the families
of: * Anthony Campbell -
an innocent plumber who
was killed for being in
the wrong place at the
wrong time. * Donna
Cleary, a mother of one,
killed by a gang refused
entry to a house party. *
Edward Ward, an innocent
victim of a gangland hit
on Brian Downes. *
Jeffrey Hannan, killed
with a blunt weapon in
Limerick, seemingly
without motive. * Emer
O'Loughlin, burned to
death in a caravan in Co
Clare * Sheola Keeney,
strangled by her
boyfriend * Adrian Dunne,
who killed his family
and himself in Wexford. *
Brian Stack, the only
prison officer ever
assassinated in the
Republic of Ireland.

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Catherine And Friends

Story of the
investigation and trial
of the infamous Nevin
murder, told by the
Garda superintendent in
charge of the case, as
well as details of his
efforts to publicise
reports on Judge Donnacha
OBuachalla, investigated
for his preferential
treatment of Catherine
Nevin. The trial and
conviction of Catherine
Nevin for her role the
murder of her husband Tom
monopolised the attention
of the country for weeks.
It was the main topic of
conversations in pubs,
homes and workplaces as
newspapers daily carried
new and salacious details
of the Black Widows
scheming, as well as
images of her glamorous
and expansive wardrobe,
on their front pages. In
the days before murders
became a daily occurrence
in Ireland, the
allegations of contract
killers, extra-marital
affairs, fraud and
involvement with
Republican organisations
seemed better suited to
the big screen than a
small town pub. Pat Flynn
led the investigation
against Catherine, a
woman whom he had
encountered several times
before these events
unfolded. He had
previously witnessed her
fabricate accusations of
sexual abuse against his
garda colleagues while
she continued to enthral
his superior officers and
Judge OBuachalla. He
describes how holes in
her version of the events
on the night of the
murder were found, along
with evidence of how she
had been plotting for
years to have her husband
killed. Flynn also
reported Judge O
Buachalla for granting
Catherine the license for
the pub in her sole name
through irregular
channels, after she had
been charged with murder
and rumours of an affair
between them had become
rife. Although OBuachalla
was discussed in the D?il
and a judicial
investigation ordered,
the results were never
publicised, despite
promises to the contrary
from the then Minister
for Justice, and the
judge continued to sit in
court. For a man who
spent his working life
enforcing the law, this
could not be allowed to
pass without at least an
official explanation.
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Bridge Of Spies - True Story
Of The Cold War

Who were the three men
the Soviet and American
superpowers exchanged on
Berlin's Glienicke Bridge
on February 10, 1962,
in the first and most
legendary prisoner
exchange between East and
West? Bridge of Spies
vividly traces the
journeys of these men,
whose fate defines the
complex conflicts that
characterized the most
dangerous years of the
Cold War. Bridge of Spies
is a true story of three
men - Rudolf Abel, a
Soviet Spy who was a
master of disguise; Gary
Powers, an American who
was captured when his spy
plane was shot down by
the Russians; and
Frederic Pryor, a young
American doctor
mistakenly identified as
a spy and captured by the
Soviets. The men in this
three-way political swap
had been drawn into the
nadir of the Cold War by
duty and curiosity, and
the same tragicomedy of
errors that induced
Khrushchev to send
missiles to Castro. Two
of them - the spy and the
pilot - were the original
seekers of weapons of
mass destruction. The
third was an
intellectual, in over
his head. They were
rescued against daunting
odds by fate and by their
families, and then all
but forgotten. Even the
U2 spy-plane pilot Powers
is remembered now chiefly
for the way he was
vilified in the U.S. on
his return. Yet the fates
of those men exemplified
the pathological mistrust
that fueled the arms race
for the next 30 years.
This is their story.

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The Lost British Serial Killer

Peter Tobin was already
serving a life sentence
for murder when he was
charged with the murder
of two young women -
Vicky Hamilton and Dina
McNichol, in November
2007. Both girls went
missing in 1991. Their
bodies were discovered by
police in 50 Irvine
Drive, Margate - where
Tobin once lived. In
their new true crime
investigation, Paul
Harrison and Professor
David Wilson examine this
shocking case, including
full details of Tobin's
trial. But perhaps even
more importantly, they
look into other similar
cases around the country.
With developments in DNA
testing, the police are
coming closer and closer
to solving a range of
terrible and high profile
murders. There have been
at least five major
arrests in recent months,
with further arrests
sure to follow. Harrison
and Wilson investigate
these cases, and ask how
new DNA tests will change
police investigations.
But they also ask whether
this will be enough to
stop murderers in the
future, and whether
there are larger forces
at work in society that
need to be addressed
before we can stop people
from killing again and
again.

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Bernie Madoff The Wizard Of
Lies - Inside The Infamous 65
Billion Swindle

Based on award-winning
reporter Diana Henriques'
unprecedented access to
Madoff, including
extensive correspondence
and his first interviews
for publication since his
arrest, Bernie Madoff,
The Wizard of Lies is the
ultimate true-life
financial thriller.

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Shattered - Killers Do Time
Victims Families Do Life

Every day we read about
brutal, senseless
crimes. We shudder in
horror at the details. We
move on. The families of
the victims do not have
that luxury. Shattered
tells their stories of
living with the aftermath
of losing a loved one to
violence and rebuilding
broken lives. Families
feel isolated and ignored
in a system often more
concerned with the rights
of the perpetrator than
of the victims or their
families. From the
harrowing details of the
crimes themselves,
Shattered examines the
often-overlooked aspects
of how families are
treated by the system and
what changes need to be
introduced. It examines
the law, Irish society
and the prison system and
analyses the argument
that Ireland is becoming
a more dangerous place.
Shattered is a story of
loss, heartbreak,
anguish and frustration -
but also, ultimately,
the hope and resilience
of the human spirit.

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Confessions Of A Police
Constable

Thieving ninjas, racist
fast-food patrons, road
traffic accidents,
mischievous shoplifters,
sudden deaths, car
chases, and domestic
violence ? its all
in a days work for
London-based PC Matt
Delito. Working at the
front-line on the streets
of London can be
thrilling, frightening,
rewarding, infuriating,
and sometimes plain
hilarious. In this
eye-opening account of
on-the-beat policing,
Delito narrates some of
his most interesting
cases ? from working
undercover in a city club
to being ambushed in the
London riots ? as well as
taking us through the
gadgets, procedures,
and lingo that go with
life at the other end of
a 999 call.

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Strangeways - A Century Of
Hangings In Manchester

Strangeways Gaol opened
in 1868, and replaced
the New Bailey Gaol,
where public executions
had taken place before
their abolition that same
year. Strangeways was to
be a major location of
execution for murders
commited in the Northwest
of England, for the next
100 years. Between 1869
and 1962 exactly 100
people were hanged,
several women included in
this number.

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Octopus - The Secret Market
And The Worlds Wildest Con

Octopus is a real-life
thriller that tells the
inside story of a GBP300
million hedge fund fraud
and the wild-goose chase
through Europe by its
drug-fuelled manager for
a lucrative "secret
market" beneath the
financial market we all
know. Sam Israel was a
man who seemed to have it
all. Born into one of the
world's richest families,
he founded his own hedge
fund, promising his
investors guaranteed
profits. But, after
suffering devastating
losses and faking tax
returns, Israel knew his
real performance would
soon be discovered. So
when a former
CIA-operative turned
conman told him about a
"secret market" run by
the Federal Reserve,
Israel bet his last $150
million of other people's
money on a chance to make
it all back. So began his
crazy year-long adventure
in a world populated by
clandestine bankers,
conspiracy theories, and
gun-toting spooks issuing
cryptic warnings about a
mysterious cabal known
only as the Octopus.

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I Am The Market - How To
Smuggle Cocaine By The Ton And
Live Happily

This is the cocaine
trade. This is how it's
done: with hard work and
a good system. With coca
made into cubes,
dissolved in liquid,
hidden in marble blocks
or inside electric cable.
With willing mules
swallowing drugs in
ovules (they'll be
arrested - this is part
of the system). With
shipments measured in
tons. With money in cash,
always. And these are
the risks: police dogs,
scanners, customs,
infiltrators - And if you
do it right, it will
make you rich. And if you
don't, you'll spend your
life in jail. A
bestseller in Italy,
this is the first-hand
guide to living well on
the wrong side of the
law. Luca Rastello gets
the story of the market
straight from a convicted
smuggler: the true,
unbelievable story of an
illegal trade that
supports economies and
destroys lives, and the
war on drugs that makes
it all possible.

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Jack The Ripper - CSI -
Whitechapel

Over 100 years have
elapsed since what is
believed to have been
Jack the Rippers final
murder, yet he still has
a powerful hold over the
publics imagination,
which is manifested in
the hundreds of books,
television programs, and
films that are produced
every year on the
subject. "Jack the
Ripper: Crime Scene
Investigation" is the
first and only book to
enable the reader to
travel back into the
London of 1888 by
reconstructing key scenes
from Jack the Rippers
murders in pin-point
accuracy. Through
detailed and atmospheric
crime scene recreations,
plus thoroughly
researched text written
by experts in the field
of Jack the Ripper, this
book explores the
movements of each victim,
the position of
witnesses. and the
location of various
buildings and streets to
give the reader the most
complete view to date of
the gruesome crimes that
shook Victorian society.

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Killing Kennedy - The End Of
Camelot

This is almost all of
what survives of a
journal Colin Perry kept
between March and
November 1940, when he
was eighteen years old,
written in his home in
Tooting and in the City
of London where he
worked. The journal was
never intended for
publication, it is only
the youthful, untrained
outpourings of a proud
and totally insignificant
Londoner. It spans what
the Air Ministry was to
call '...the Great Days
from 8 August - 31
October 1940' and the
fifty-seven nights when
the bombing of London was
unceasing. This is the
period enshrined in our
history as the Battle of
Britain, the most
momentous year for
Britain in the twentieth
century. Includes 70
Photographs

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Assassination - A History Of
Political Murder

Assassination - the
politically motivated
killing of high-profile
individuals - has always
been part of mans
struggle for power, from
the removal of tyrants in
Classical civilizations
to the state-sanctioned
decapitation strikes of
the present day.
Chillingly effective as a
political tool,
assassination is also
immensely compelling as
an idea. From Caesar and
Thomas Becket to Archduke
Franz Ferdinand and
beyond, this striking
book focuses on the most
(in)famous examples of
assassination through
history, and uses them
to explore its various
meanings, myths and
cults. Fully illustrated
with paintings,
drawings, photographs
and archival documents,
Assassination shows how
the violent deaths of
leaders and statesmen
have played out in the
popular and artistic
imagination from earliest
times to the present,
illuminating both
contemporary responses to
assassinations and their
lasting impact on our
world.

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Worlds Toughest Cops - On The
Front Line Of The War Against
Crime

Welcome to the World's
Toughest Cops. This is a
no holds barred look at a
the people who risk their
lives to serve and
protect, in the front
line of a war against
drugs, gangs, gun
crime, violence and
smuggling. Vinnie Jones'
Toughest Cops brings
together stories from the
two ITV4 series of the
same name in a
fascinating, thrilling
and often shocking read -
in which we meet and get
under the skin of the men
and women who have
dedicated their lives to
serve and protect in ten
of the most dangerous
beats in the world.
Vinnie takes the reader
into the jungles of
Colombia -- where
Sub-Lieutenant John
Orejuela of the Special
Ops Commando Unit leads a
secret mission to take
out a terrorist camp --
and goes on patrol in the
Californian suburb of
Compton, following the
cops caught up in a
deadly cat-and-mouse game
with the gangs of South
Central LA. He recounts
the struggles of officer
Andre Steyn of the Flying
Squad against
car-jackings and armed
robberies in the
desperate streets of
Durban, South Africa and
joins the few good men
trying to police the
back-alleys and no-go
zones of New Orleans,
where the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina has
seen a tidal wave of
violent crime flood the
city. Vinnie forged a
reputation as a tough guy
on the football pitch,
and in America he now has
a successful career in
the cut-throat film
business. But even he is
in awe of the men and
women who are trying to
police the most dangerous
areas on the planet. If
on the pitch he followed
Orwell's assertion that
'football is war minus
the shooting', here he's
discovering what life is
like for those dealing
with a real war -- with
real shooting.

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Foul Deeds And Suspicious
Deaths Around Oxfordshire

Foul Deeds and Suspicious
Deaths Around Oxfordshire
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Deeds and Suspicious
Deaths Around Oxfordshire
takes the reader on a
fascinating journey from
the medieval period to
the nineteenth century,
meeting villains,
cut-throats, highwaymen
and even a cannibal pig
along the way. The book
is based on original
documents from
Oxfordshire Record
Office, any of which are
from obscure collections
unseen for decades. From
the sinister seventeenth
century clergyman known
as The black Rat, to
that elegant gentleman of
the road James Hind, it
investigates the dark
side of a country now
known for Cotswold
scenery and the world's
most famous university.

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Foul Deeds And Suspicious
Deaths In Cardiff

Foul Deeds and Suspicious
Deaths in Cardiff takes
the reader on a sinister
journey through the
history of local crime
and conspiracy, meeting
villains of all sorts
along the way - casual or
calculating killers,
murderous husbands and
lovers, gangsters,
robbers, poisoners and
suicides. There is no
shortage of harrowing and
revealing episodes in
Cardiff's past, and Mark
Isaacs' fascinating book
recalls many grisly
events and sad or
unsavoury individuals
whose conduct throws a
harsh light on the
history of the city.
Among the many shocking -
and revealing - cases the
author describes are the
murder of a Welsh
Protestant by an Irish
Catholic that provoked
rioting; the double life
of a respectable widow
poisoned with arsenic;
the exploits of a 'Jack
the Ripper' killer in
Cardiff's back streets;
the throat-slashing
revenge of the Cardiff
Race Track Gang; the
still-mysterious wartime
murder of Alice Pittman;
the case of the Somalian
sailor arrested for the
brutal slaying of an
elderly shopkeeper; the
demise of Granville
Jenkins who was cut to
ribbons by a machete,
and the accidental or
deliberate electrocution
of Mrs Darling.Mark
Isaacs' chronicle of
Cardiff's hidden past -
the history the city
would prefer to forget -
will be compelling
reading for anyone who is
interested in the dark
side of human nature.

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Crime Investigated - Ian Brady
And Myra Hindley

Details: Though more than
half a century has passed
since cold blooded
killers Ian Brady and
Myra Hindley were
apprehended the chilling
details of the Moors
Murders are as intreguing
as ever. Unearth the
horror of there crimes
int his fascinating
account packed with
haunting photographs and
horrowing details that
will linger in the mind
after people have
finished the last page.
Ideal For: People who
have an interest in true
crime.

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Crime Investigated - Harold
Shipman

Details: As the turn of
the mullenium, breaking
news of the murders
commited by general
practitioner Harold
Shipman captured the
attention of the world.
With over 250 possible
victims, Shipman earned
the chilling moniker of
Doctor Death. and went
down as one of the most
prolific killers to date.
Uncover the details of
his crimes in this brand
new account, both
fascinating and
frightening in equal
measure. Ideal For: Great
read for those interested
in true crime.

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The Innocent Man

On 12 CD's. Vincent
Marzello reads John
Grisham's gripping tale
of a terrible miscarriage
of justice, based on a
true story. In 1982, a
21 year-old cocktail
waitress in Ada,
Oklahoma, called Debra
Sue Carter was raped and
murdered. For five years
the police could not
solve the crime. For
reasons that were never
clear, they suspected
Ron Williamson - a major
league drop-out - and his
friend Dennis Fitz. The
two were finally arrested
in 1987 and charged with
capital murder. With no
physical evidence, the
prosecution's defence was
built on hearsay and
unreliable testimonies.
Dennis Fritz was found
guilty and given a life
sentence; Ron Williamson
was sent to Death Row.
John Grisham's first work
of non-fiction is an
exploration of small-town
justice gone terribly
awry.

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Crime Investigated - Jack The
Ripper

Details: The case of Jack
the Ripper the un
identified serial killer
that plagued the East of
London in the late 19th
century - is one of the
greatest most famous un
solved murder cases of
all time. This
comprehensive account
documents and the key
events that took place
aroyund the time of the
brutal Whitechappel
Killings speculates over
the identity of Jack and
details of his
unfortunate victims. With
authentic photographs and
well researched
information this is the
only Ripper book you will
need.

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Outlaws - Inside The Hells
Angel Biker Wars - Inside The
Violent World Of Biker Gangs

An outlaw motorcycle club
is a band of brothers
like no other. Hidden
away from mainstream
society behind multiple
layers of secrecy,
mythology and a
sophisticated campaign of
misinformation that
portrays them as nothing
more than loveable
rogues, the brutal truth
about the biker world has
long escaped public
scrutiny. In reality,
today's outlaw bikers are
at the epicentre of a
violent underworld
subculture, enforced by
a ruthless code of
silence, and control a
global criminal empire
worth millions. Spanning
the UK, Europe,
America, Canada and
Australia, OUTLAWS is a
compelling, shocking and
chilling story of how
bikers are born and made,
and how and why they
die.

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The Autobiography Of Jack The
Ripper

Details: This memoir was
recently discovered and
appears to have been
written in the 1920s by
someone who asserts that
he was Jack the Ripper.
This person is James
Carnac, this memoir
written shortly before
his death is an account
of his entire life,
including a few short
months in 1888 when he
became the murderer known
to posterity as Jack the
Ripper. This book
introduces a new suspect
for the infamous murders
in Whitechapel in 1888.
There is information in
this book that does not
appear to be derived from
contemporary newspapers
or any other publications
and the descriptions of
Tottenham in the 1870s,
the visits to
performances of Jekyll
and Hyde, the intricate
geography of Whitechapel
in 1888 are written with
pin-point accuracy. There
is also a credible motive
given for James becoming
the murderer Jack and
also a reason for the end
of the murders. Given the
fact that the author also
appear to have knowledge
about aspects of the case
not in the public arena
at the time it could be
that this actually is the
autobiography of Jack the
Ripper. Ultimately it is
up to the reader to
decide if they believe
the mystery has been
solved at last but even
if they end up deciding
the account to be a work
of fiction it would still
be one of the very
earliest imaginings of
the Ripper case, written
in the early years of the
twentieth century, a
fascinating piece of
period writing and a
worthy addition to the
Ripper canon. Ideal for:
A unique and interesting
read for sceptics and
history enthusiasts
alike. Whatever side they
come down on there is no
question that this book
will be a source of much
debate. This paperback
book has 394 pages and
measures approximately:
19.7 x 12.7 x 2.7cm.

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