Peter Chrisp

Chrisp's True Crime Miscellany

Stories * Facts * Tales & Trivia

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This arresting miscellany is jam-packed with intriguing and enlightening stories, facts, and trivia about all manner of murderers, miscreants, and malcontents.The book reveals incredible tales about criminal gangs around the world, such as the Japanese Yakuza, the L.A. Crips and Bloods, and the Italian Camorra. Plus, there are extensive lists of criminal slang throughout the centuries; an exploration of Russian prison tattoos; a confidence trickster's lexicon; insights into the world's most audacious crimes-like the the ft of the Mona Lisa-and quotes from the criminals themselves, and the cops who chased them. Inside are gritty black-and-whit… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Fieldwalker, T. G.

ISBN: 978-1-78157-132-3
EAN: 9781781571323
Produktnummer: 16408515
Verlag: Octopus
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 96 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 4'082 KB

Über den Autor

Peter Chrisp has an MA in English Literature and is the author of over 80 books on history, including 'Victorian Crime and Crime and Punishment'. He began writing history while working as a researcher at the Mass Observation Archive at Sussex University-an archive of 20th century social history, including crime. He was also a senior writer for the Culture Online: Icons of England website.