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Crime

Crime and True Crime books are very popular and should carry a warning as they are true stories of horrific inhumanity and cruelty. Truth is often stranger than fiction.

 


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THE BUDDHA AND DR. FÜHRER: An Archaeological Scandal
CHARLES ALLEN    Book Number: 67075
Published price: £17.99
Bibliophile price: £2.50
Product format: Hardback

This true account of the scandal that enveloped the discovery in 1898 of an inscribed casket said to have contained the ashes of the Buddha is set against the background of the high noon of the Bri...
SMOKE SCREEN: A True Adventure
ROBERT SABBAG    Book Number: 68213
Published price: £16.99
Bibliophile price: £2.25
Product format: Hardback

From the writer of the drug smuggling classic 'Snow Blind' comes a true story more hair-raising, high-octane and heart-pounding than any fiction. Hang on for the ride of your life as we have a hig...
TROTSKY: Downfall of a Revolutionary
BERTRAND M. PATENAUDE    Book Number: 68258
Published price: $27.50
Bibliophile price: £3.00
Product format: Hardback

The ice-pick assassination of Leon Trotsky in Mexico on the evening of 20 August 1940 (he died of his injuries the following day) by Ramon Mercader, a agent of the NKVD, Stalin's secret police, is ...
EDISON AND THE ELECTRIC CHAIR: A Story of Light and Death
MARK ESSIG    Book Number: 68300
Published price: £20
Bibliophile price: £2.00
Product format: Hardback

In 1879, Thomas Edison unveiled a world-changing invention - the light bulb. A decade later, despite having been an avowed opponent of the death penalty, Edison threw his laboratory resources and ...
STALIN'S NEMESIS: The Exile and Murder of Leon Trotsky
BERTRAND M. PATENAUDE    Book Number: 68342
Published price: £20
Bibliophile price: £2.00
Product format: Hardback

The ice-pick assassination of Leon Trotsky in Mexico on the evening of 20 August 1940 (he died of his injuries the following day) by Ramon Mercader, a agent of the NKVD, Stalin's secret police, is ...

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COLONEL BLOOD: The Man Whole Stole the Crown Jewels
DAVID HANRAHAN    Book Number: 68619
Published price: £20
Bibliophile price: £4.00
Product format: Hardback

Born into a prominent Anglo-Irish family, Colonel Thomas Blood (c.1618-80) was a celebrity in his own lifetime. Living in a momentous age which included a civil war, the execution of a king, the r...

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THE IRREGULARS: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring
JENNET CONANT    Book Number: 69112
Published price: £18.99
Bibliophile price: £7.00
Product format: Hardback

Drawing on never-before-seen wartime letters, diaries and interviews, this extraordinary tale of deceit, double-dealing and moral ambiguity provides a rare and remarkably candid insider's view of t...

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GHOSTHUNTER: A Journey Through Haunted France
SIMON MARSDEN    Book Number: 69203
Published price: £24.95
Bibliophile price: £6.00
Product format: Hardback

In Britain we are rightly proud of our haunted history, and Sir Simon Marsden has spent over 40 years pursuing the elusive trace of ghosts and associated otherworldly manifestations all over Europe...
SELLING HITLER
ROBERT HARRIS    Book Number: 69232
Published price: £7.99
Bibliophile price: £4.00
Product format: Paperback

A gripping and very funny story, here is the classic account of the 'Hitler Diaries' which is impossible to stop reading. April 1945 - from the ruins of Berlin, a Luftwaffe transport plane takes o...

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BRISTOL MURDERS
MICHAEL POSNER    Book Number: 69261
Published price: £12.99
Bibliophile price: £6.00
Product format: Paperback

In this gruesome collection of true stories Michael Posner brings together murderous tales that shocked the city of Bristol and also made national headlines. Here are the full details of some of th...

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