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The Maul And The Pear Tree

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Author : P. D. James
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2011-12-15

The Maul And The Pear Tree written by P. D. James and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-15 with True Crime categories.

In 1811 John Williams was buried with a stake in his heart. Was he the notorious East End killer or his eighth victim in the bizarre and shocking Ratcliffe Highway Murders? In this vivid and gripping reconstruction P. D. James and police historian T. A. Critchley draw on forensics, public records, newspaper clippings and hitherto unpublished sources, expertly sifting the evidence to shed new light on this infamous Wapping mystery. This true crime novel begins amid the horror of a dark, wintry London in the year 1811. Using elegant historical detection P.D. James and police historian T.A. Critchley piece together new and unpublished sources in an original portrayal of the Ratcliffe Highway Murders. P.D. James, the bestselling author of Death Comes to Pemberley and Children of Men, here explores the mysterious and intense emotions responsible for the unique crime of murder, with authority and sensitivity. Her only work of true crime, this novel uses forensics, unpublished sources and forgotten documents to create a vivid image of early-nineteenth century London and a gripping reconstruction of the Ratcliffe Highway Murders.

The Maul And The Pear Tree

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Author : Phyllis Dorothy James
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000

The Maul And The Pear Tree written by Phyllis Dorothy James and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Murder categories.

The Annals Of Crime And New Newgate Calendar

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1833

The Annals Of Crime And New Newgate Calendar written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1833 with Crime categories.

Maul And The Pear Tree

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Author : P D James
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986-03-01

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The Maul And The Pear Tree

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Author : P. D. James
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-09-03

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During the dark nights of December 1811 near Wapping in London's East End, two households, including a young mother and her baby, were brutally clubbed to death. These vicious crimes provoked nationwide panic and the Government offered an unprecedented reward for the conviction of the murderer. Inexperienced magistrates grappled with the mystery, against a background of mounting hysteria. Eventually a seaman named John Williams was arrested for the murders, and later found buried with a stake through his heart. But was he really the notorious East End killer, or just another victim? Drawing on public records, newspaper clippings and previously unpublished sources, James and Critchley expertly sift the evidence to shed new light on this infamous mystery.

P D James

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Author : Laurel A. Young
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2017-06-09

P D James written by Laurel A. Young and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-09 with Literary Criticism categories.

British National Health Service employee Phyllis Dorothy James White (1920-2014) reinvented herself at age 38 as P.D. James, crime novelist. She then became long known as England's "Queen of Crime." Sixteen of her 20 novels feature one or both of her series detectives, Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard and private eye Cordelia Gray. Stand-alone works include the dystopian The Children of Men (1992) and Death Comes to Pemberley (2011), a sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. James's careful plotting has earned comparison with Golden Age British detective writers such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. Yet James's work is thoroughly modern, with realistic descriptions of police procedures and the echoes and aftereffects of crime. This literary companion includes more than 700 encyclopedic entries covering the characters, settings and themes of her published writing, along with a career chronology, chronological and alphabetical listings of her works, and an exhaustive index.

What The Devil Knows

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Author : C. S. Harris
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2021-04-06

What The Devil Knows written by C. S. Harris and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-06 with Fiction categories.

Sebastian St. Cyr thought a notorious killer had been brought to justice until a shocking series of gruesome new murders stuns the city in this thrilling historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Who Speaks for the Damned. It's October 1814. The war with France is finally over and Europe's diplomats are convening in Vienna for a conference that will put their world back together. With peace finally at hand, London suddenly finds itself in the grip of a series of heinous murders eerily similar to the Ratcliffe Highway murders of three years before. In 1811, two entire families were viciously murdered in their homes. A suspect--a young seaman named John Williams--was arrested. But before he could be brought to trial, Williams hanged himself in his cell. The murders ceased, and London slowly began to breathe easier. But when the lead investigator, Sir Edwin Pym, is killed in the same brutal way three years later and others possibly connected to the original case meet violent ends, the city is paralyzed with terror once more. Was the wrong man arrested for the murders? Bow Street magistrate Sir Henry Lovejoy turns to his friend Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, for assistance. Pym's colleagues are convinced his manner of death is a coincidence, but Sebastian has his doubts. The more he looks into the three-year-old murders, the more certain he becomes that the hapless John Williams was not the real killer. Which begs the question--who was and why are they dead set on killing again?

Murder By Candlelight

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Author : Michael Knox Beran
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2015-08-15

Murder By Candlelight written by Michael Knox Beran and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-15 with True Crime categories.

In the early nineteenth century, a series of murders took place in and around London which shocked the whole of England. The appalling nature of the crimes—a brutal slaying in the gambling netherworld, the slaughter of two entire households, and the first of the modern lust-murders—was magnified not only by the lurid atmosphere of an age in which candlelight gave way to gaslight, but also by the efforts of some of the keenest minds of the period to uncover the gruesomest details of the killings.These slayings took place against the backdrop of a London in which the splendor of the fashionable world was haunted by the squalor of the slums. Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron, Thomas De Quincey, Thomas Carlyle, and Percy Bysshe Shelley and others were fascinated by the blood and deviltry of the macabre. In their contemplations of the most notorious murders of their time, they discerned in the act of killing itself a depth of hideousness that we have lost sight of, now living in an age in which murder has been reduced to a problem of social science and skillful detective work. Interweaving these cultural vignettes alongside criminal history, acclaimed author Michael Beran paints a vivid picture of a time when homicide was thought of as the intrusion of the diabolic into ordinary life.

Damn His Blood

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Author : Peter Moore
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-06-21

Damn His Blood written by Peter Moore and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-21 with True Crime categories.

The brutal murder of the Reverend George Parker in the rural village of Oddingley on Midsummer's Day in 1806 - shot and beaten to death, his body set on fire and left smouldering in his own glebe field - gripped everyone from the Home Secretary in London to newspapermen across the country. It was a strange and stubborn case. The investigation lasted twenty-four years and involved inquests, judges and coroners, each more determined than the last to solve Oddingley's most gruesome crime - or crimes, as it turned out. With a cast of characters straight out of Hardy, Damn His Blood is a nail-biting true story of brutality, greed and ruthlessness which brings an elusive society vividly back to life.

Who S Who Of Twentieth Century Novelists

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Author : Tim Woods
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-02-21

Who S Who Of Twentieth Century Novelists written by Tim Woods and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Taking in novelists from all over the globe, from the beginning of the century to the present day, this is the most comprehensive survey of the leading lights of twentieth century fiction. Superb breadth of coverage and over 800 entries by an international team of contributors ensures that this fascinating and wide-ranging work of reference will be invaluable to anyone with an interest in modern fiction. Authors included range from Joseph Conrad to Albert Camus and Franz Kafka to Chinua Achebe. Who's Who of Twentieth Century Novelists gives a superb insight into the richness and diversity of the twentieth century novel.