Download or read book Gloucestershire Murders written by Linda Stratmann and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in Gloucestershire's history. The cases covered here record the county's most fascinating but least known crimes, as well as famous murders that gripped not just Gloucestershire but the whole nation. Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in Gloucestershire's history. The cases covered here record the county's most fascinating but least known crimes, as well as famous murders that gripped not just Gloucestershire but the whole nation. From the Cheltenham torso murder to the Campden Wonder, when William Harrison returned to Chipping Campden after three people were executed for killing him; from a fatal battle between poachers and gamekeepers near Berkeley to poisoning in the Forest of Dean, this is a collection of the country's most dramatic and interesting criminal cases.
Download or read book Murders Misdemeanours in Gloucestershire 1820 29 written by Malcolm M. Hall and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2008-12-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nineteenth century crime and punishment in Gloucestershire.
Download or read book Gloucestershire Murders written by Linda Stratmann and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in Gloucestershire's history. The cases covered here record the county's most fascinating but least known crimes, as well as famous murders that gripped not just Gloucestershire but the whole nation. From the Cheltenham torso murder to the Campden Wonder, when William Harrison returned to Chipping Campden after three people were executed for killing him; from a fatal battle between poachers and gamekeepers near Berkeley to poisoning in the Forest of Dean, this is a collection of the country's most dramatic and interesting criminal cases.
Download or read book Murder and Crime Gloucester written by Jill Evans and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This chilling collection of cases delves into the villainous deeds that have taken place in Gloucester during its long history. Among those featured are a French sailor stabbed to death outside a Gloucester pub, a boy drowned in the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, a warder accused of causing the death of an asylum inmate, a man murdered by his jealous wife, and a father killed by his teenage son. Illustrated with a wide range of archive material and modern photographs, Gloucester Murder & Crime is sure to fascinate both residents and visitors alike as these shocking events of the past are revealed for a new generation.
Download or read book Murder and Crime in Gloucester written by Jill Evans and published by History Press. This book was released on 2013-08-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This chilling collection of cases delves into the villainous deeds that have taken place in Gloucester during its long history. Among those featured are a French sailor stabbed to death outside a Gloucester pub, a boy drowned in the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, a warder accused of causing the death of an asylum inmate, a man murdered by his jealous wife, and a father killed by his teenage son. Illustrated with a wide range of archive material and modern photographs, Gloucester Murder & Crime is sure to fascinate both residents and visitors alike as these shocking events of the past are revealed for a new generation.
Download or read book The Cromwell Street Murders written by John Bennett and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-10-30 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells for the first time the story from a police perspective. For ten years, the officer in charge of the investigation, Detective Superintendent John Bennett QPM, has refused to tell his story. Now, together with BBC journalist Graham Gardner, he reveals the full story of how the Wests were caught, how the case was prepared and how it nearly failed to come to court. This book chronicles the roles of those who brought down two of Britain's most infamous killers, shedding light on the real heroes of one of the saddest chapters of criminal history. It explores the court processes, the complications of Rose West's trial, her unsuccessful appeal and the difficulty of dealing with witnesses in such a traumatic case. On one level, this is a story of the triumph of good over evil; on another it is a detailed documentation of how a murder investigation really works - the pressures, the commitment and the physical and emotional drain on those who carry out this work.
Download or read book Gloucestershire Notes and Queries written by William Phillimore Watts Phillimore and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gloucestershire Notes and Queries written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gloucestershire Notes and Queries written by Beaver Henry Blacker and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Murder at the Inn written by James Moore and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-02-02 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In which pub was the notorious murder that led to the Kray twins becoming Britain's most feared gangsters? Where is the hostelry in which Jack the Ripper's victims drank? How did Burke and Hare befriend their victims in a Scottish watering hole before luring them to their deaths? What is the name of the pub where the Lord Lucan mystery first came to light? And how did a pub become the scene of the murder that led to Ruth Ellis going to the gallows? For centuries, the history of beer and pubs has gone hand in hand with some of the nation's most despicable and fascinating crimes. Packed with grizzly murders – including fascinating little-known cases – as well as sinister stories of smuggling, robbery and sexual intrigue, Murder at the Inn is a treasure trove of dark tales linked to the best drinking haunts and historic hotels across the land.
Download or read book An Appetite for Murder written by Linda Stratmann and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sudden death of overweight 49-year-old Thomas Whibley sparks off an acrimonious furore in Bayswater, and sparks fly between rival diet doctors, vegetarians and the extremist Pure Food Society. Young sleuth Frances Doughty is engaged to discover the author of anonymous libels, when a former colleague of Whibley's, Hubert Sweetman, who has served fourteen years in prison for a violent robbery he claims he did not commit, asks her to trace his estranged family. Before she can start, however, the police arrive and arrest her client for the murder of his wife. There will be more murders and a vicious attack on Frances before she finally resolves a number of knotty questions. Is Hubert Sweetman really innocent? Where are his missing children? And who wielded the poisoned pen? The fourth book in the popular Frances Doughty Mystery series.
Download or read book Pleas of the Crown for the County of Gloucester Before the Abbot of Reading and his fellows Justices itinerant in the fifth year of the reign of King Henry the Third and the year of his Grace 1221 written by G. Eng and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Fiery Furious People written by James Sharpe and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Chosen as a Book of the Year by The Times, History Today and the Sunday Telegraph* ‘Wonderfully entertaining, comprehensive and astute.’ The Times ‘Genuinely hard to put down.’ BBC History Magazine From murder to duelling, highway robbery to mugging: the darker side of English life explored. Spanning some seven centuries, A Fiery & Furious People traces the subtle shifts that have taken place both in the nature of violence and in people’s attitudes to it. How could football be regarded at one moment as a raucous pastime that should be banned, and the next as a respectable sport that should be encouraged? When did the serial killer first make an appearance? What gave rise to particular types of violent criminal - medieval outlaws, Victorian garrotters – and what made them dwindle and then vanish? Above all, Professor James Sharpe hones in on a single, fascinating question: has the country that has experienced so much turmoil naturally prone to violence or are we, in fact, becoming a gentler nation? ‘Wonderful . . . A fascinating and rare example of a beautifully crafted scholarly work.’ Times Higher Education ‘Sweeping and ambitious . . . A humane and clear-eyed guide to a series of intractable and timely questions.’ Observer ‘Deeply researched, thoughtfully considered and vividly written . . . Read it.’ History Today ‘Magisterial . . . The outlaw’s song has surely never been better rendered.’ Times Literary Supplement
Download or read book Drag Histories Herstories and Hairstories written by Mark Edward and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-14 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on rich interdisciplinary research that has laced the emerging subject of drag studies as an academic discipline, this book examines how drag performance is a political, socio-cultural practice with a widespread lineage throughout the history of performance. This volume maps the multi-threaded contexts of contemporary practices while rooting them in their fabulous historical past and memory. The book examines drag histories and what drag does with history, how it enacts or tells stories about remembering and the past. Featuring work about the USA, UK and Ireland, Japan, Australia, Brazil and Barbados, this book allows the reader to engage with a range of archival research including camp and history; ethnicity and drag; queering ballet through drag; the connections between drag king and queen history; queering pantomime performance; drag and military veterans; Puerto Rican drag performers and historical film.
Download or read book A True and Faithful Brother written by Linda Stratmann and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London 1882: When a wealthy philanthropist disappears from a locked and guarded room, Frances Doughty is reluctantly drawn into a case that tears the veil of mystery from her own past. Can London’s very own Lady Detective solve this sinister new case before a murderer catches up with her and she becomes the next victim?
Download or read book Royal Ghost written by Linda Stratmann and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brighton, 1871: a book by two respectable spinsters claiming to have seen the ghost of the Prince Regent in Brighton Pavilion shocks the town and attracts the attention of spiritualist Arthur Wallace Hope. Young Mina Scarletti, a writer of horror stories and investigator of psychic phenomena, suspects fraud. As the summer heat rises and hearts flutter dangerously, Mina and her associates delve into the mystery and, in doing so, they soon discover that nothing is as it seems.
Download or read book The Children of Silence written by Linda Stratmann and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-04-06 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth in a series of Victorian murder mysteries set in London with a clever and determined female sleuthLondon 1881: When a body is found in the Paddington canal basin, a woman with a hearing impairment claims that the remains are those of her missing husband, who disappeared three years ago. Unable to prove her case, she appeals to Frances Doughty, the lady detective, to investigate. In this, her fifth case, Frances soon learns that the missing man has secrets of his own, and, when another body is discovered and a witness is viciously attacked, it becomes clear that she must choose her allies wisely.
