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  • Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Lewisham & Deptford

    Series series Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths
    The twin fascinations of death and villainy will always hold us in their grim but thrilling grip. In Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Lewisham and Deptford the chill is brought close to home as each chapter investigates the darker side of humanity in cases of murder, deceit and pure malice committed over the centuries in this area of London. From crimes of passion to opportunistic killings and ... Read more

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  • London Serial Killers

    An historical true crime accounting of London's notorious serial murderers and their victims, spanning the Victorian era to the mid-twentieth century.Murders and murderers fascinate us—and perhaps serial killers fascinate us most of all. In the twentieth century the term came to be used to describe murders committed by the same person, often with similar methods. But, as Jonathan Oates ... Read more

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  • The Crimes That Inspired Agatha Christie

    The Facts Behind the Fiction

    Agatha Christie’s detective fiction is deeply inspired by real-life crimes, criminals, and historical mysteries worldwide.Did you know that many of Agatha Christie’s best-selling detective stories have their basis in reality?‘Who killed Charles Bravo and why?’ asks retired Superintendent Spence in Elephants Can Remember. He refers to an unsolved Victorian murder mystery, one of many allusions to ... Read more

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  • Attack on London

    Disaster, Rebellion, Riot, Terror & War

    Generations of Londoners from Roman times to the present day have confronted natural and man-made threats to their city. Disasters, rebellions, riots, acts of terror and war have marked the long history of the capital—and have shaped the character of its people. In this evocative account Jonathan Oates recalls in vivid detail the perils Londoners have faced and describes how they coped with them. ... Read more

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  • Donald Hume

    Notorious Bank Robber and Double Murderer

    From the bestselling author of John Christie of Rillington Place. "If you have an interest in post war crime and criminals this is one for you!" —Robert Bartlett, author of Blood RoyalThe trial of the year in 1950 was of Donald Hume, a North London petty thief accused of stabbing car dealer Stanley Setty to death, of cutting up his corpse and dropping his body parts from an airplane. The press and ... Read more

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  • Great Train Crimes

    Murder & Robbery on the Railways

    "Oates charts train crimes from the Victorian period to the present day, from casual murder to calculated robbery. . . . A must for true-crime addicts" ( Practical Family History).Murder and robbery committed on the railways have long held a special place in British criminal history. Railways and trains create special conditions—and opportunities—for criminal acts. Two legendary large-scale ... Read more

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  • John George Haigh, the Acid-Bath Murderer

    A Portrait of a Serial Killer and His Victims

    What motivated John George Haigh to murder at least six people, then dissolve their corpses in concentrated sulphuric acid? How did this intelligent, well-educated man from a loving, strongly religious family of Plymouth Brethren become a fraudster, a thief, then a serial killer? In the latest of his best-selling studies of criminal history, Jonathan Oates reinvestigates this sensational case of ... Read more

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  • Foul Deeds in Richmond and Kingston

    Series series Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths
    You may think Richmond, Kingston and the neighbouring districts are prosperous, safe and law-abiding in comparison to the hazardous, crime-prone centre of London, but you would be mistaken. For, as Jonathan Oates shows in this gripping book, appalling crimes have shocked the local community and left their mark on the history of the area over the last two centuries. Among the sensational criminal ... Read more

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  • Tracing Your Ancestors Through Local History Records

    A Guide for Family Historians

    Series series Tracing Your Ancestors
    Family history should reveal more than facts and dates, lists of names and places it should bring ancestors alive in the context of their times and the surroundings they knew and research into local history records is one of the most rewarding ways of gaining this kind of insight into their world. That is why Jonathan Oatess detailed introduction to these records is such a useful tool for anyone ... Read more

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  • Battles of the Jacobite Rebellions

    Killiecrankie to Culloden

    "Oates examines in minute detail why the Jacobite forces posed such a threat to William and Mary, Queen Anne, and George I and II." —Books MonthlyMany books have been written about the Jacobite rebellions—the armed attempts made by the Stuarts to regain the British throne between 1689 and 1746—and in particular about the risings of 1689, 1715, 1719 and 1745. The key battles have been described in ... Read more

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  • John Christie of Rillington Place

    Biography of a Serial Killer

    The bestselling criminal history author provides "compelling insight" into the life and crimes of one of England's most notorious serial killers ( Buckinghamshire Life).Sixty years ago, the discovery of bodies at 10 Rillington Place in Notting Hill, London, led to one of the most sensational, shocking, and controversial serial murder cases in British criminal history: the case of John Christie. ... Read more

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  • Tracing Your London Ancestors

    A Guide for Family Historians

    Series series Tracing Your Ancestors
    London is a key site for family historians. Many researchers, seeking to trace their ancestry back through the generations, will find their trail leads to London or through it. Yet, despite the burgeoning interest in genealogy and the importance of London in so many life stories, few previous books have explored the citys history or provided guidance on the research resources family historians can ... Read more

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