Underworld at War Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in the Second World War
Heftet /
2014
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781471916670
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
The Murder Room; The Murder Room
Vekt
41 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
00, U, P, G, 05, 06, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
352
Forfatter
Om bidragsyterne
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.The Second World War produced numerous acts of self-sacrifice, but it also made many people rich. Under the cover of war, crime ranging from opportunistic looting to systematic theft was able to flourish.
Donald Thomas draws on extensive archive material to reveal the ingenuity and sheer scale of wartime criminality, making fascinating reading of one of the great untold stories of the war.
'A mesmerising, unputdownable and brilliantly researched page-turner' Sunday Times
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'A wonderful book, the best I have read for ages' Literary Review
'A wonderful book, the best I have read for ages' Literary Review
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781471916670
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
The Murder Room; The Murder Room
Vekt
41 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
00, U, P, G, 05, 06, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
352
Forfatter