Foul Deeds in Kensington and Chelsea - John J. Eddleston

Foul Deeds in Kensington and Chelsea

By: John J. Eddleston

Hardcover | 20 August 2010

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Stories of violent death will always hold us in a grim but thrilling grip.

The dreadful crimes related in Foul Deeds in Kensington & Chelsea are shocking examples of murder cases that readers will never forget.

A crime of passion, opportunistic killings, and political assassinations the full spectrum of extreme criminality is recounted here. John Eddleston has selected a series of notorious episodes that give a fascinating insight into criminal acts and the criminal mind. The human drama he depicts are often played out in the most commonplace of circumstances, but others are so odd as to be stranger than fiction.

Cases involving the killing of wives, lovers and children are among those he describes, but he also reconstructs in forensic detail several more unusual crimes two men shot dead at a lecture, the field marshal who was assassinated on his doorstep, the acid bath killings, and the murders of two ill fated countesses. These lethal episodes give a fascinating insight into the dark side of the history of Kensington & Chelsea.

About the Author

John Eddleston is an authority on British criminal history and a prolific writer on the subject. His many books include Murderous Sussex, Murderous Manchester, Blind Justice, Jack the Ripper: An Encyclopedia, The Encyclopedia of Executions, A Century of Welsh Murders and Executions, Manx Killers, Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Southampton and Miscarriage of Justice: Famous London Cases.

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