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This book covers the campaign of 1715-1716 in Scotland which had as its defining moment the battle of Sheriffmuir on 13 November 1715.

Why does the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin have such an extraordinary reputation today? How come his criminal career has inspired a profusion of often misleading literature and film?

In both 1715 and 1745 there was a major military challenge in Britain to the thrones of George I and George II, posed by Jacobite supporters of the exiled Stuart claimant. This book examines the responses of those loyal to the Hanoverian dynasty.

Gripping reconstructions of a selection of the most notorious serial murders in the history of London Focuses on several less-well-known nineteenth-century cases as well as covering those from more recent times Based on police reports, Home Office and prison files, trial transcripts and lurid accounts in contemporary newspapers Describes the methods the murderers used, who they were, what motivated them, and how some of them got away with it I...

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A study of the sieges of eight fortresses in Scotland and England during the Jacobite rebellion of 1745-1746.

Graphic reconstructions of unsolved London murders of the interwar years. Shows how the murderers got away with their crimes.

Lee Child is the award-winning, best-selling author of the Jack Reacher series which has sold more than 100 million books worldwide. The Jack Reacher series has been published in 49 languages and 101 territories. There have been two film adaptations of Jack Reacher books, with the main character being played by Tom Cruise. Amazon Studios, with Skydance and Paramount, is currently developing a TV series based on the Jack Reacher books. In addi...

Graphic account of the life and crimes of 1950s thief and double-murderer Donald Hume.

Explores the rich and fascinating history of the London Borough of Ealing through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.

Comprehensive military history of the Jacobite rebellions - covers the principal uprisings of 1715 and 1745 in graphic detail.

This book is his third biography of a major post war British murderer.

A biography of General Hawley through six conflicts, focussing on his controversial role in the Jacobite campaign in 1745-1746 and assessing whether his reputation as 'the Hangman' is justified.

This book is his third biography of a major post war British murderer.

Overshadowed by the better known Spanish Armada of 1588, three centuries ago, the final Spanish Armada set sail against England and Scotland. This little known invasion is often treated as part of the little known Jacobite campaign of 1719. However, this invasion and the subsequent campaign in Scotland were part of the virtually unknown War of the Quadruple Alliance. This conflict has never been hitherto covered in a book in the English langua...

There has not been an account of the first attempt made in Scotland to restore the exiled Stuarts at the end of the seventeenth century for three decades, most accounts stop with the death of the movement¿s first leader, ¿Bonnie Dundee¿. This book is the first full length account of the military struggle between forces loyal to the newly established Scottish government and the Jacobite cause. It does this by first considering the political and...

Practical, accessible guide to researching East End history with full details of records researchers can consult-online sites, archives, libraries, books, museums.

Suitable for those interested in true-crime history and the shadier side of Buckinghamshire's past, this title includes cases such as the slaying of a family of seven in Denham in 1870, the killing of a butcher's wife in Victorian Slough for which no one was ever found guilty, and an apparent suicide in Chesham which turned out to be murder.

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Just over three centuries ago, there was a major battle in Scotland that was to decide the fate of the newly established ¿ and bitterly contested - union of England and Scotland. On one hand there was a numerically superior army, trained and armed but officered by men of varying experience. Facing them was a small, but better experienced and officered British Army. Both armies, one entirely Scottish and the other a mixture of Scots, English an...