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Villains' Paradise - Britain's Underworld from the Spivs to the Krays

Name: Villains' Paradise
Price: 1.99 EUR
Author: Donald Thomas
ISBN: 9781471916649

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Donald Thomas

The Murder Room
Paru le : 17/09/2014

With the war over, the forties, fifties and sixties have the aura of a golden age. But nostalgia is deceptive. From teenage Teddy Boy razor gangs and... > Lire la suite

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With the war over, the forties, fifties and sixties have the aura of a golden age. But nostalgia is deceptive. From teenage Teddy Boy razor gangs and casual stabbings at dance halls to the psychopathic Krays, 'Mad' Frankie Fraser and Ronnie Biggs, Villains' Paradise reveals the chilling true story of the crimes of postwar Britain. With the narrative pace of the best detective fiction, Donald Thomas creates a thrilling journey into the heart of postwar Britain's secret history.

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Date de parution : 17/09/2014
Editeur : The Murder Room
Collection : Murder Room
ISBN : 978-1-4719-1664-9
EAN : 9781471916649
Format : ePub

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Biographie de Donald Thomas

Donald Thomas was born in Somerset and educated at Queen's College, Taunton, and Balliol College, Oxford. He was the author of numerous crime novels include two collections of Sherlock Holmes stories and a hugely successful historical detective series written under the pen name Francis Selwyn, as well as gritty police procedurals written under the name of Richard Dacre. He was also the author of seven biographies and a number of other non-fiction works, and won the Gregory Prize for his poems POINTS OF CONTACT.