226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
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On the evening of 2nd November 1952, a shot fired from a makeshift weapon on a warehouse roof in Croydon killed PC Sidney Miles. Next morning the newspaper headlines proclaimed a Chicago gun-battle in London, gangsters machine-gunning armed police over the rooftops.
But the trial of Bentley and Craig affronted common sense and alienated a generation raised in the post-war suburbia of cinemas,... Read more
Preface. Chapters 1-17. Author’s Note. Select Bibliography.
Biography
Francis Selwyn (pen name of Donald Serrell Thomas) (1934–2022) worked in journalism and publishing. His work primarily included Victorian-era historical crime and detective fiction, as well as books on factual crime and criminals, in particular several academic books on the history of crime in London. He was also Professor Emeritus of English Literature at Cardiff University.
