The History of London. Crime, Corruption and Murder, Paperback - John D Wright

Immensely entertaining and illustrated with 180 colour and black-&-white artworks, The History of London is an engaging and highly informative expl...

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The Victorian era saw huge technological advances in civil engineering and transport, mass urbanisation and social change, as well as still-treasur...

Hawley Harvey Crippen, an American doctor in London, 1910. Devoted to his wife, music-hall performer Belle Elmore. He said she left him to go to he...

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Publisher: Puncture PublicationsAuthor(s): June WrightNumber of pages: 184Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 132 x 202 x 16Cover type: Paperback / s...

Reducere. Mickey Walker is a notorious and well respected drug smuggler and business man living in London. After returning home from prison after serving 7 y...

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Reducere. Sixteen stories of true crime from America's foremost authority on the underworld James "Whitey" Bulger is the last of the old-fashioned gangsters....

This book is the result of 45 years of part-time research into the Shropshire Speake families. It describes the history of the author's family thro...

Reducere. Brother Athelstan's Canterbury pilgrimage is disrupted by brutal murder in the latest absorbing medieval mystery. Summer, 1381. The Great Revolt ha...

Reducere. DescriptionDuring America's Early Republic, the pastoral villages and forests of Vermont were anything but peaceful. Conflict raged along the Canad...

Publisher: The Collins PressAuthor(s): John D. RuddyIllustration(s): 400 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 96Publication date: 2016Dimensions: 1...

From the arrival of the first settlers in the British Isles to the modern day, this is a complete natural and cultural history of hedges, ditches, ...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Marcio AnselmoNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 223 x 146 x 26Cover type: Hardba...

Reducere. Nashville 1964. Eighteen-year-old babysitter Paula Herring is murdered in her home while her six-year-old brother apparently sleeps through the gri...

Massive in scope, hugely detailed and meticulously researched. In this work the bestselling author of 'Children of Eden' takes his readership onto ...

Set against the backdrop of a snowy 1930s Cambridge, this series is a combination of Agatha Christie and Enid Blyton. Daisy and Hazel have their wo...

Bring out the best in every student, enabling them to develop in-depth subject knowledge and historical skills with the market-leading series for W...

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Reducere. Buck Woods, a stressed out NYPD homicide detective and former Marine Scout sniper on sabbatical returns home to Orono, Maine.Upon arriving back in ...

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Running Scared is the third thrilling Fran Varady mystery from the author of the acclaimed Mitchell & Markby mysteries, Ann GrangerPublisher: Headl...

Drawing on unique archival documents and fascinating interviews, an acclaimed sports historian delivers the first comprehensive examination of Mr. ...

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Discover the darker side of Northumberland with this remarkable collection of true-life crimes from across the county. Drawing on a wide variety of...

The first in the series featuring Mathilde of Westminster is played out against the glorious, violent and decadent court of Edward II where ghosts ...

DescriptionSeasoned Italian-American Alberta Scaglione can whip up a traditional dish for any occasion. But when an impromptu vacation turns deadly...

Dark City is the first book to explore how London became a criminals' paradise during the Second World War

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Reducere. James Garfield's 1880 dark horse nomination for president after the longest-ever Republican convention, his victory in the closest-ever presidentia...

A true-crime account of one of the greatest - and first - forensic scientists, with an uncanny knack for finding clues, establishing evidence and d...

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Reducere. About the AuthorJohn D. McDermott is an independent historian, interpretive planner, and heritage tourism consultant. Among his seven previously pu...

Covers a fascinating, but neglected conflict. The Jewish Maccabean revolt and the brief Jewish independence under the Hasmonean dynasty.

At the end of the Second World War, Hong Kong lived up to its description as "the barren island." It had few natural resources, its trade and infra...

DescriptionThe collapse in January 2018 of the construction giant Carillion, outsourcer of huge Government building contracts, is one of the great ...