A Very British Killing

Author : A. T. Williams
Publisher : Arrow
ISBN 13 : 9780099575115
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Very British Killing written by A. T. Williams and published by Arrow. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 14 September 2003 Baha Mousa, a hotel receptionist, was arrested in Basra by British troops and taken to a military base for questioning. Less than forty-eight hours later he was dead. This book tells the inside story of this crime and its aftermath.

Author : Lucy Worsley
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1849906513
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Very British Murder written by Lucy Worsley and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a national obsession. Ever since the Ratcliffe Highway Murders caused a nation-wide panic in Regency England, the British have taken an almost ghoulish pleasure in 'a good murder'. This fascination helped create a whole new world of entertainment, inspiring novels, plays and films, puppet shows, paintings and true-crime journalism - as well as an army of fictional detectives who still enthrall us today. A Very British Murder is Lucy Worsley's captivating account of this curious national obsession. It is a tale of dark deeds and guilty pleasures, a riveting investigation into the British soul by one of our finest historians.

Author : David Wilson
Publisher : Sphere
ISBN 13 : 0748111727
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History Of British Serial Killing written by David Wilson and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive history of British serial killing 1888-2008 - by the UK's leading expert In this fascinating and informative book, Professor David Wilson tells the stories of Britain's serial killers from Jack the Ripper to the extraordinary Suffolk Murders case. David Wilson has worked as a Prison Governor and as a profiler, and has been described as the UK's leading expert on serial killers. His work has led him to meet several of the UK's deadliest killers, and build up fascinating insights into what makes a serial killer - and who they are most likely to target. A vivid narrative history and a call for prison and social reform, Professor Wilson's new book is a powerful and gripping investigation of Britain's serial murderers.

Author : Sara Paretsky
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062190814
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Killing Orders written by Sara Paretsky and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-12-13 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V.I.'s battleaxe Aunt Rosa is under investigation by the FBI and SEC after counterfeit stock certificates were found at St. Albert's Priory, where she serves as treasurer. As malicious as her aunt is, V.I. knows she's not dishonest, so V.I. vows to protect her from taking the fall. But V.I. starts questioning the strength of her family ties when a menacing voice on the phone threatens to throw acid into her eyes if she doesn't butt out. The stakes are high as she begins to sniff out a connection between Chicago's most powerful institutions: the Church and the Mob.

Author : Tim Travers
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473819431
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Killing Ground written by Tim Travers and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This books explains why the British Army fought the way it did in the First World War. It integrates social and military history and the impact of ideas to tell the story of how the army, especially the senior officers, adapted to the new technological warfare and asks: Was the style of warfare on the Western Front inevitable?Using an extensive range of unpublished diaries, letters, memoirs and Cabinet and War Office files, Professor Travers explains how and why the ideas, tactics and strategies emerged. He emphasises the influence of pre-war social and military attitudes, and examines the early life and career of Sir Douglas Haig. The author's analysis of the preparations for the Battles of the Somme and Passchendaele provide new interpretations of the role of Haig and his GHQ, and he explains the reasons for the unexpected British withdrawal in March 1918. An appendix supplies short biographies of senior British officers. In general, historians of the First World War are in two hostile camps: those who see the futility of lions led by donkeys on the one hand and on the other the apologists for Haig and the conduct of the war. Professor Travers' immensely readable book provides a bridge between the two.

Author : Eamon Collins
Publisher : Granta Books
ISBN 13 : 9781862070479
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Killing Rage written by Eamon Collins and published by Granta Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1970s people have been murdering their neighbours in Northern Ireland. This book is the true account of the small-town violence and terror which lies behind the headlines.

Author : Bill O'Reilly
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1627790659
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Killing England written by Bill O'Reilly and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Revolutionary War as never told before. This breathtaking installment in Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard’s mega-bestselling Killing series transports readers to the most important era in our nation’s history: the Revolutionary War. Told through the eyes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Great Britain’s King George III, Killing England chronicles the path to independence in gripping detail, taking the reader from the battlefields of America to the royal courts of Europe. What started as protest and unrest in the colonies soon escalated to a world war with devastating casualties. O’Reilly and Dugard recreate the war’s landmark battles, including Bunker Hill, Long Island, Saratoga, and Yorktown, revealing the savagery of hand-to-hand combat and the often brutal conditions under which these brave American soldiers lived and fought. Also here is the reckless treachery of Benedict Arnold and the daring guerrilla tactics of the “Swamp Fox” Frances Marion. A must read, Killing England reminds one and all how the course of history can be changed through the courage and determination of those intent on doing the impossible.

Author : Diana Preston
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1620402130
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Higher Form of Killing written by Diana Preston and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In six weeks during April and May 1915, as World War I escalated, Germany forever altered the way war would be fought. On April 22, at Ypres, German canisters spewed poison gas at French and Canadian soldiers in their trenches; on May 7, the German submarine U-20, without warning, torpedoed the passenger liner Lusitania, killing 1,198 civilians; and on May 31, a German Zeppelin began the first aerial bombardment of London and its inhabitants. Each of these actions violated rules of war carefully agreed at the Hague Conventions of 1898 and 1907. Though Germany's attempts to quickly win the war failed, the psychological damage caused by these attacks far outweighed the casualties. The era of weapons of mass destruction had dawned. While each of these momentous events has been chronicled in histories of the war, celebrated historian Diana Preston links them for the first time, revealing the dramatic stories behind each through the eyes of those who were there, whether making the decisions or experiencing their effect. She places the attacks in the context of the centuries-old debate over what constitutes “just war,” and shows how, in their aftermath, the other combatants felt the necessity to develop extreme weapons of their own. In our current time of terror, when weapons of mass destruction-imagined or real-are once again vilified, the story of their birth is of great relevance.

Author : James Ashcroft
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0753512343
Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making a Killing written by James Ashcroft and published by Random House. This book was released on 2007 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'Making a Killing', Ashcroft provides a first-hand view of the secret world of private security in Iraq where ex-soldiers employed to protect US and British interests can make up to $1000 a day. But he also reveals a new kind of warfare where the rules are still being written. Originally published: 2006.

Author : Chris Ryan
Publisher : Coronet
ISBN 13 : 9781444741414
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Killing for the Company written by Chris Ryan and published by Coronet. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former SAS legend Chris Ryan brings you his sixteenth novel and it is full of all his trademark action, thrills and inside knowledge.2003. Invalided out of the SAS Chet Freeman makes his living in high-end security, on a temporary contract for an American corporation called the Grosvenor Group. He catches a young woman, a peace campaigner, eavesdropping on a meeting the Group is holding with the British Prime Minister. The Group's interests include arms manufacture, and what Chet and the young woman overhear seems to imply that it is bribing the Prime Minister to take his country into an illegal war. Could this possibly be true?Somebody believes that this is a secret that needs covering up, because Chet and the girl are attacked. Hunted down, they go into hiding, and a deadly game of cat and mouse begins.Nearly ten years later tension is reaching breaking point in Jerusalem. The now ex-Prime Minister is working as a Middle East peace envoy. As the city descends into anarchy and rival armies are poised to turn it into a battlefield, Chet's best buddy, Luke, is part of a team tasked by the Regiment with extracting the ex-Prime Minister.At the height of the battle Luke discovers a conspiracy far more devastating than any arms deal.