Foul Deeds And Suspicious Deaths In Nottingham
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Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Nottingham
Author | : Kevin Turton |
Publsiher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2003-10-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781903425350 |
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'Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Nottingham' is part of the new established series by Wharncliffe Books. Covering the period 1830 -1950, the book examines murder and suspicious deaths in and around the city of Nottingham and what impact they had on the people of the city. Murder, mystery and suspicious deaths are often considered to be the province of the fiction writer. However, each story contained within 'Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Nottingham' is a true account of real events that had a serious impact upon all the lives of those involved. These are stories that once shocked, horrified and captivated, the people of Nottingham as they followed the unfolding events through the pages of the newspapers that hit their doormats each evening. From the strange and macabre to murder and mystery this book examines those cases. Analysing both motive and consequence alongside the social conditions prevalent at the time. It is a fascinating insight into a less well known period of Nottingham's past. Take a journey into the darker and unknown side of your area as you read 'Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Nottingham'. KEY SELLING POINTS * This is the first Foul Deeds book, in the series, to include the Nottingham area. * Readers always have a thirst for grisly tales of past misdemeanours in their local area. * A well illustrated book using local sources and articles. AUTHOR Kevin Turton was born in Rotherham. He was educated at Kimberworth Secondary School. Kevin has spent a number of years studying and writing about the results of crime, living much of his life in and around Rotherham. He worked in Senior Management for fifteen years and now writes from his home in Northamptonshire. This will be Kevin's second publication with Wharncliffe Books, his first being 'Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Rotherham'.
Stratford Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths
Author | : Nick Billingham |
Publsiher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2006-03-01 |
Genre | : Crime |
ISBN | : 9781903425992 |
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Foul Deeds and Suspicious Death in Stratford and South Warwickshire is an exploration of the darker history of the area. Behind the famous tourist industry of Shakespears everyday life on farms and factories carried on just like anywhere else. Ancient superstitions and curious legends provided inspriation for the great bard and other authors but real life was punctuated by sudden death, jealousy and ruthlessness. This book examines some of the most dramatic incidents in detail. Dranw from contemporary sources, newspapers, legal documents and coroner's records; each case provides a glimpse into life and death in its historical setting. The changes in the town, both in its architecture and social values from the background to the lives and deaths of its citizens.
Foul Deeds Suspicious Deaths in Newport
Author | : Terry Underwood |
Publsiher | : Wharncliffe |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2004-09-30 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 9781903425596 |
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This book contains twenty-one separate stories all based in the Newport and district area. This is a coffee table/bedtime story book for the curious. Anyone fascinated by the mindset of a murderer will enjoy this book. Whether you are a budding Miss Marple or an aspiring Morse, inside is a taste of the criminal mind, the effort of detection and the horror of motives. Please do not try this at home!
Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Coventry
Author | : David McGrory |
Publsiher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781903425572 |
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Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Coventry takes the reader on a sinister journey from medieval times to the twentieth century, meeting villains, cut-throats, traitors, witches, martyrs and suicidal lovers along the way. David McGrory records crime and punishment in the city in all its shocking variety. Among the many awful episodes he recalls are the brutal execution of a regicide as well as martyrdoms and a witchcraft murder in the medieval period. He retells the story of a triple execution at Gibbet Hill, chronicles poisonings and drownings in the Georgian and Victorian eras, and describes a murderer's lonely suicide in much more recent times.
Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Guildford
Author | : Caroline Maxton |
Publsiher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781903425787 |
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Foul Deeds and Suscipcious Deaths in Guildford - True Crime BooksThe twin fascinations of death and villainy will always hold us in their grim but thrilling grip. In Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Guildford the chill is brought close to home as each chapter investigates the darker side of humanity in cases of murder
Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in and Around Colchester
Author | : Patrick Denney |
Publsiher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781903425800 |
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Takes the reader on a sinister journey from the religious persecutions of Queen Mary's time to the twentieth century, meeting villains, cut-throats, arsonists and lunatics along the way. The book is based on original research and recalls many grisly events and sad or unsavoury individuals whose fate has hitherto been forgotten.
Foul Deeds Suspicious Deaths in Manchester
Author | : Martin Baggoley |
Publsiher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 151 |
Release | : 2013-06-17 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 9781473828414 |
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Martin Baggoley was born in Eccles . He spent several years working in London and Salford as a civil servant, before qualifying as a probation officer in 1976. Since then, he has worked in the Greater Manchester area, and during this period gained a masters degree in criminology. He has written for a number of UK and American professional journals on criminal justice issues. His main interest is the history of crime and punishment and for this book, he has combind his professional experience and academic expertise with his interest in local history.
Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in and Around Mansfield
Author | : Geoff Sadler |
Publsiher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781903425671 |
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A young waylaid and battered with a hedge stake while returning home from Mansfield on a summer evening; four family members butchered in a blazing house just off Commercial Street; an old farmer speared with a hay fork in the mire of a rural farmyard. Such cases detailed here show how often violent death has visited Mansfield in the past.