Agatha Christie's True Crime Inspirations
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978 0 7524 5276 0
Murder & Crime: Devon
MIKE HOLGATE
Within these pages are accounts of Robert James Lees, the Ilfracombe spiritualist who claimed to have unmasked Jack the Ripper; Herbert Rowse Armstrong, the former Newton Abbot solicitor who remains the only member of his profession to be executed for murder; and Oscar Wilde, whose downfall was initiated by an incriminating letter sent from Babbacombe. With more than sixty illustrations, this chilling book is bound to captivate anyone interested in Devon’s dark history.
978 0 7524 4504 5
Victorian CSI
WILLIAM A. GUY, DAVID FERRIER & WILLIAM R. SMITH
The first edition of William A. Guy’s Principles of Forensic Medicine was published at the start of Victoria’s reign; the final edition, from which these selections derive, was published towards the end, just a few years after the Whitechapel horrors had pushed the emerging science to the forefront of the public’s consciousness. With original woodcuts, case studies and notes on identifying the corpse and walking the crime scene, Victorian CSI will fascinate lovers of crime fiction and of true crime alike.
978 0 7524 5513 6
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