Villains' Paradise
Britain's Underworld from the Spivs to the Krays
$44.21
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
18 September 2014
Summary
With the war over, the forties, fifties and sixties have the aura of a golden age. But nostalgia is deceptive. From teenage Teddy Boy razor gangs and casual stabbings at dance halls to the psychopathic Krays, ‘Mad’ Frankie Fraser and Ronnie Biggs, Villains’ Paradise reveals the chilling true story of the crimes of postwar Britain.
With the narrative pace of the best detective fiction, Donald Thomas creates a thrilling journey into the heart of postwar Britain’s secret history.Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781471916656 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1471916650 |
| Author: | Donald Thomas |
| Publisher: | The Murder Room |
| Imprint: | The Murder Room |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 18 September 2014 |
| Weight: | 41g |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Murder Room |
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Donald Thomas
Donald Thomas was born in Somerset and educated at Queen’s College, Taunton, and Balliol College, Oxford. He holds a personal chair in the University of Wales, Cardiff, now Cardiff University. His numerous crime novels include two collections of Sherlock Holmes stories and a hugely successful historical detective series written under the pen name Francis Selwyn and featuring Sergeant Verity of Scotland Yard, as well as gritty police procedurals written under the name of Richard Dacre. He is also the author of seven biographies and a number of other non-fiction works, and won the Gregory Prize for his poems, Points of Contact. He lives in Bath with his wife.
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