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Murderous Britain
Murderous Leeds: The Executed of the 20th Century
The book includes absorbing real life accounts of nearly every reported murder that took place around Sussex during the twentieth century. It features well-known and lesser known cases but all arey fascinating tales of jealousy, revenge and tragedy. The people whose stories are told in this volume all had one thing in common. All of them were accused of taking the life of at least one other person, faced a trial for that crime, and were sentenced to hang by the neck until they were dead. Amongst those famous cases are the story of William Batty who shot his rival in love, or of the mysterious death of Emily Yeomans and decide for yourself whether David Maskill Blake was guilty of murder. The killers in this book have claimed the lives of spouses, parents, friends and strangers, for motives ranging from anger to jealousy, and old-fashioned greed. Read their stories for yourself and decide if those who died at the end of a rope all deserved that fate, and equally, if all those who escaped that terrible fate, should have done so.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published January 20, 2011
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John J. Eddleston
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John J. Eddleston is an authority on British criminal history and a prolific writer on the subject.
His many books include Murderous Sussex, Murderous Manchester, Blind Justice, Jack the Ripper: An Encyclopedia, The Encyclopedia of Executions, A Century of Welsh Murders and Executions, Manx Killers, Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Southampton and Miscarriages of Justice: Famous London Cases.
John J. Eddleston is an authority on British criminal history and a prolific writer on the subject.
His many books include Murderous Sussex, Murderous Manchester, Blind Justice, Jack the Ripper: An Encyclopedia, The Encyclopedia of Executions, A Century of Welsh Murders and Executions, Manx Killers, Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Southampton and Miscarriages of Justice: Famous London Cases.
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February 13, 2017
This is an account of those who were executed in Leeds during the 20th century.
The book chronicles each case in turn, each obviously ending with a hanging.
The cases aren't famous cases which makes the book all the more interesting in my opinion as it just gives the facts and the cases haven't been documented to death like some.
The book chronicles each case in turn, each obviously ending with a hanging.
The cases aren't famous cases which makes the book all the more interesting in my opinion as it just gives the facts and the cases haven't been documented to death like some.
Displaying 1 of 1 review