Murderous Manchester: The Executed of the Twentieth Century - Softcover

Eddleston, John J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1859839398 ISBN 13: 9781859839393

Verlag: Db Publishing, 2012

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THIS book tells the story of every murder which took place in Manchester during the twentieth century which ended in the execution of the person found guilty of the crime, who went on to pay the ultimate penalty of death by hanging at the end of a rope. Some cases are well-known, such as those of George Rice, William Burtoft and Walter Graham Rowland – who was reprieved for a murder he did commit but was later hanged for one which he may not have committed – but any of the lesser known murders have equally absorbing stories of love, jealousy and lust. Readers will discover child killers such as John Horner, wife killers such as Frederick Ballington, and those who killed out of rage or for revenge, such as James Ryder. And then there was James Henry Corbitt, where the hangman was someone he had known as a friend. All manner of motives are shown, all sorts of weapons are used, but in the final analysis each story represents a human tragedy in which at least two people lost their lives. Read these stories and then decide for yourselves whether or not every one was guilty as charged. There were many executions in Manchester during this century, but Murderous Manchester only includes those crimes which in themselves had a definite Manchester bias. To satisfy the true crime historian, however, there is an appendix which gives a complete list of all those executed at Strangeways since 1900. For others, it will simply make absorbing reading about a darker side of this city.

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Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Db Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1859839398
• ISBN 13: 9781859839393
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar