Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Lewisham & Deptford

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Lewisham & Deptford
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Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 9781783037353
ISBN-13 : 1783037350
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Download or read book Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Lewisham & Deptford written by Jonathan Oates and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2007-07-19 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twin fascinations of death and villainy will always hold us in their grim but thrilling grip. In Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Lewisham and Deptford the chill is brought close to home as each chapter investigates the darker side of humanity in cases of murder, deceit and pure malice committed over the centuries in this area of London. From crimes of passion to opportunistic killings and coldly premeditated acts of murder, the full spectrum of criminality is recounted, bringing to life the more sinister history of Lewisham and Deptford from the sixteenth century onwards. For this journey into the bloody, neglected past, Jonathan Oates has selected over 20 notorious episodes that give a fascinating insight into criminal acts and the criminal mind. The story of one of the most famous unsolved murders in history, of the great playwright Christopher Marlowe in Deptford in 1593. is followed by a catalogue of heinous crimes of every description—political conspiracies, gang killings, murders of policemen, suicide pacts, multiple poisonings, a husband who killed his wife and four children, the suicide of a crooked councillor, a motiveless murder and two unsolved murders that are as intriguing today as they were 80 years ago. The human dramas Jonathan Oates describes are often played out in the most commonplace of circumstances, but others are so odd as to be stranger than fiction. His grisly chronicle of the hidden history of Lewisham and Deptford will be compelling reading for anyone who is interested in the dark side of human nature.


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