Skip to main content

Panier

Vous profitez des avantages réservés aux VIP !

Article(s) non disponible(s) à la vente
Veuillez vérifier votre panier. Vous pouvez supprimer le ou les articles qui ne sont pas disponibles maintenant ou nous les supprimerons automatiquement au moment du règlement de la commande.
articlesarticle
articlesarticle

Recommandé pour vous

Loading...


« peter stubley »

1-12 sur 12 résultats pour « peter stubley »
Skip side bar filters
  • 1888

    London Murders in the Year of the Ripper

    par Peter Stubley ...
    In 1888 Jack the Ripper made the headlines with a series of horrific murders that remain unsolved to this day. But most killers are not shadowy figures stalking the streets with a lust for blood. Many are ordinary citizens driven to the ultimate crime by circumstance, a fit of anger or a desire for revenge. Their crimes, overshadowed by the few, sensational cases, are ignored, forgotten or written ... En savoir plus

    $10.29 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • A Pauper's History of England

    1,000 Years of Peasants, Beggars & Guttersnipes

    par Peter Stubley ...
    A unique tour through British history—from the perspective of the peasants and the poverty-stricken.The past is traditionally told from the viewpoint of kings and queens, politicians and pioneers. But what about the people struggling to survive at the very lowest levels of society?A Pauper's History of England covers a thousand years of poverty, from Domesday right up to the twentieth century, via ... En savoir plus

    $15.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Murder and Crime Islington

    par Peter Stubley ...
    Discover the darker side of Islington with this remarkable collection of true-life crimes from across the area of London. Combining meticulous research with evocative photography, the author provides a feast of crime to haunt the imagination of any reader interested in criminal and local history. ... En savoir plus

    $9.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Calendar of Crime

    365 True Cases from British History

    par Peter Stubley ...
    2 February 1101: Ranulf Flambard, the first person to be locked in the Tower of London, chose this day to make his escape.24 March 1873: Mary Ann Cotton, thought to have poisoned three husbands, a lover, eight children and seven stepchildren, is taken to be hanged.9 November 1888: The mutilated body of Mary Jane Kelly, thought to be the fifth victim of Jack the Ripper, is found in her room in ... En savoir plus

    $9.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

Les lecteurs de ces romans ont aussi aimé

  • Arabs and Jews in Ottoman Palestine

    Two Worlds Collide

    par Alan Dowty ...
    The historian and expert on Israeli-Palestinian relations offers "a well-written, well-balanced" account of cultural conflicts in the region before WWI (Anita Shapira, author of Israel: A History).When did the Arab-Israeli conflict begin? Some discussions focus on the 1967 war, some go back to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, and others look to the beginning of the British Mandate in ... En savoir plus

    $19.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • London

    The Selden Map and the Making of a Global City, 1549–1689

    A historian recounts the unlikely rise of a world capital, and how its understanding of Asia played a key role.If one had looked for a potential global city in Europe in the 1540s, the most likely candidate would have been Antwerp, which had emerged as the center of the German and Spanish silver exchange as well as the Portuguese spice and Spanish sugar trades. It almost certainly would not have ... En savoir plus

    $19.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Hitler at Home

    A look at Adolf Hitler's residences and their role in constructing and promoting the dictator's private persona both within Germany and abroad.Adolf Hitler's makeover from rabble-rouser to statesman coincided with a series of dramatic home renovations he undertook during the mid-1930s. This provocative book exposes the dictator's preoccupation with his private persona, which was shaped by the ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Scotland's Merlin

    A Medieval Legend and its Dark Age Origins

    par Tim Clarkson ...
    Who was Merlin? Is the famous wizard of Arthurian legend based on a real person? In this book, Merlin's origins are traced back to the story of Lailoken, a mysterious 'wild man' who is said to have lived in the Scottish Lowlands in the sixth century AD. The book considers the question of whether Lailoken belongs to myth or reality. It looks at the historical background of his story and discusses ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Rivals of the Ripper

    Unsolved Murders of Women in Late Victorian London

    par Jan Bondeson ...
    When discussing unsolved murders of women in late Victorian London, most people think of the depredations of Jack the Ripper, the Whitechapel Murderer. But he was just one of a string of phantom murderers whose unsolved slayings outraged late Victorian Britain.The mysterious Great Coram Street, Burton Crescent and Euston Square murders were talked about with bated breath, and the northern part of ... En savoir plus

    $18.39 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Jack the Ripper's Streets of Terror

    Life During the Reign of Victorian London's Most Brutal Killer

    par Rupert Matthews ...
    This is a new take on the Jack the Ripper story. Focusing on the people who lived through the Ripper's reign of terror, it shows what happened when familiar London streets suddenly became the hunting grounds of a monster. ... En savoir plus

    $4.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Dark Secrets of the Black Museum, 1835-1985: More Dark Secrets From 150 Years of the Most Notorious Crimes in England.

    'EXCELLENT WRITING AND RESEARCH' - RUTH RENDELLThe Crime Museum of New Scotland Yard - invariably known as 'the Black Museum' - houses a remarkable collection of exhibits, photographs and documents connected with some of the most notorious crimes in this country's history. Although the museum is closed to the general public, Gordon Honeycombe was granted privileged access to its classified records ... En savoir plus

    $8.09 CAD

  • East End Murders

    From Jack the Ripper to Ronnie Kray

    par Neil R Storey ...
    Collections series True Crime History
    Neil R. Storey has drawn on a vast array of original sources - among them witness statements, coroners' reports and court records - to produce a revealing insight into the East End's darkest moments. As well as the murders of Jack the Ripper, perhaps the most infamous in history, he looks at nine other cases in detail: the still mysterious Ratcliffe Highway Murders of 1811; Henry Wainwright, who ... En savoir plus

    $14.39 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus