Capital crimes
Subtitle: seven centuries of London life and murder
By: Max Décharné
Publisher: Random House Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9781847945907
Subjects: Criminology; Punishment; Murderers; History
Description: Capital Crimes tells the shifting story of crime and punishment in London through vivid recreations of a series of murders that stretch from the killing of the Lord Chancellor Roger Lyett during the Peasants' Revolt in 1381 through to the hanging of Syllou Christofi in 1953.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-384) and index.