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Calendar of Crime: 365 True Cases from British History

By Peter Stubley

Book information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9780750957908
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (2672352 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2023-01-10 14:02:37
History; True Crime; Nonfiction; HIS015000; TRU000

Description

From Jack the Ripper to long-forgotten cases, a true crime for ever day of the yearMay 19, 1536: Anne Boleyn, charged with high treason, is beheaded at the Tower of London August 31, 1888: Mary Ann Nichols, the first victim of Jack the Ripper, is found murdered in Buck's Row December 18, 1914: George Joseph Smith murders his wife in a Blackpool boarding house bath, sparking the police investigation that finally ended his killing spree August 13, 1964: Peter Allen and Gwynne Owen Evans go to the gallows, the last two men to be executed in the UKThis volume contains 365 amazing and incredible true crimes from British history. With infamous names—Crippen, Seddon, Haigh, Ellis—alongside lesser-known examples from the British pantheon of crime, it will fascinate and unnerve readers everywhere.

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