Edward, an unscrupulous London lawyer, tries to wrest a fortune in family artifacts from an aged Greek man named Mr. Eugenides, but he is foiled by a quartet of young friends: Sebastian (a gay scholar of Byzantine literature), Jeanene (a graduate student), Dil (a lawyer in Edward's firm), and Hattie (a garden conservator), all of whom have an ...
Friendless and virtually an orphan, Tessa craves a husband and a baby: above all she wants to be loved. When her on-and-off lover, Ian, leaves her for the last time, Tessa embarks on a whirlwind romance with Rob Nicholls, and at last her dreams seem set to come true. Now married to the perfect man, and with a baby on the way, motherless Tessa ...
Based on official admiralty records, this volume offers an astonishing glimpse into the world of 17th-century piracy, the English judicial system, and the dialogue from the actual trial.
Armed with this guide it is possible to visit all London's major surviving murder sites,while it also provides a fascinating account of the capital's most notorious crimes.
In this account of the Clapham Common Murder in 1911 for which Stinie Morrison was sentenced to death, Andrew Rose argues for a miscarriage of justice. He draws on information gained from access to the Home Office files which had been officially closed until 1990.
Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence, the son of Jamaican immigrants, was murdered on the night of 22 April 1993 whilst standing at a bus-stop, by a gang of white youths. Cathcart wrote a long piece about the murder and all its ramifications for "Granta" magazine, and this is the basis for his book: an account of the crime, the investigation and the ...
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: .esther Kitchener sworn.?Examined by Mr. GArrow. Q. Did you live in the service of the late Mr. Blight A. Yes. Q. How long did you live there A. About two months. Q. ...
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