Court Number One : the Old Bailey trials that defined modern Britain
Grant, Thomas (Barrister)2019
Book
The principal criminal court of England, historically reserved for the most serious and high-profile trials, 'Court Number One' opened its doors in 1907 after the building of the 'new' Old Bailey. In the decades that followed it witnessed the trials of the most famous and infamous defendants of the 20th century. It was here that the likes of Madame Fahmy, Lord Haw Haw, John Christie, Ruth Ellis, George Blake (and his unlikely jailbreakers, Michael Randle and Pat Pottle), Jeremy Thorpe and Ian Huntley were defined in history, alongside a wide assortment of other traitors, lovers, politicians, psychopaths, spies, con men and - of course - the innocent.
Main title:
Author:
Grant, Thomas (Barrister), author
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2019.
Collation:
438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781473651616 (hbk)
Dewey class:
345.42101345.42101 GRA345.42101GRA
Language:
English
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BRN:
2774948