Jonathan Oates: 20 books
by Jonathan Oates
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
You may think Richmond, Kingston and the neighboring districts are prosperous, safe and law-abiding in comparison to the hazardous, crime-prone center of London, but you would be mistaken. For, as Jonathan Oates shows in this gripping book, appalling crimes have shocked the local community and left...
by Jonathan Oates
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2007
The twin fascinations of death and villainy will always hold us in their grim but thrilling grip. In Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Lewisham and Deptford the chill is brought close to home as each chapter investigates the darker side of humanity in cases of murder, deceit and pure malice committed...
Unsolved London Murders
The 1920s & 1930s
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2009
The real-life murder mysteries that rocked London between two world wars—from the author of Unsolved Murders of Victorian and Edwardian London.
Unsolved crimes have a special fascination, none more so than unsolved murders. The shock of the crime itself and the mystery surrounding it, the...
John George Haigh, the Acid-Bath Murderer
A Portrait of a Serial Killer and His Victims
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
What motivated John George Haigh to murder at least six people, then dissolve their corpses in concentrated sulphuric acid? How did this intelligent, well-educated man from a loving, strongly religious family of Plymouth Brethren become a fraudster, a thief, then a serial killer? In the latest of...
Great Train Crimes
Murder & Robbery on the Railways
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
“Oates charts train crimes from the Victorian period to the present day, from casual murder to calculated robbery. . . . A must for true-crime addicts” (Practical Family History).
Murder and robbery committed on the railways have long held a special place in British criminal history. Railways...
by Jonathan Oates
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2008
This west London town has its own character—and its own deadly criminal history—from the author of Unsolved Murders of Victorian and Edwardian London.
Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths Around Uxbridge takes the reader on a sinister and sad journey through centuries of local crime and conspiracy,...
John Christie of Rillington Place
Biography of a Serial Killer
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
The bestselling criminal history author provides “compelling insight” into the life and crimes of one of England’s most notorious serial killers (Buckinghamshire Life).
Sixty years ago, the discovery of bodies at 10 Rillington Place in Notting Hill, London, led to one of the most sensational,...
Attack on London
Disaster, Riot and War
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2009
Generations of Londoners from Roman times to the present day have confronted natural and man-made threats to their city. Disasters, rebellions, riots, acts of terror and war have marked the long history of the capital - and have shaped the character of its people. In this evocative account Jonathan...
Tracing Your London Ancestors
A Guide for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
London is a key site for family historians. Many researchers, seeking to trace their ancestry back through the generations, will find their trail leads to London or through it. Yet, despite the burgeoning interest in genealogy and the importance of London in so many life stories, few previous books...
Sweet William or the Butcher?
The Duke of Cumberland and the '45
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2008
'Butcher' Cumberland is portrayed as one of the arch villains of British history. His leading role in the bloody defeat of the Jacobite rebellion in 1745 and his ruthless pursuit of Bonnie Prince Charlie's fugitive supporters across the Scottish Highlands has generated a reputation for severity that...
Tracing Your Ancestors Through Local History Records
A Guide for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Family history should reveal more than facts and dates, lists of names and places – it should bring ancestors alive in the context of their times and the surroundings they knew – and research into local history records is one of the most rewarding ways of gaining this kind of insight into their...
London’s East End
A Guide for Family and Local Historians
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
The East End is one of the most famous parts of London and it has had its own distinctive identity since the district was first settled in medieval times. It is best known for extremes of poverty and deprivation, for strong political and social movements, and for the extraordinary mix of immigrants...
by Jonathan Oates, Peter Hounsell
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
Ealing, once known as the ‘Queen of the Suburbs’, has had a long and varied history. Once a country town in Middlesex, the area became part of the City of London in 1965 and celebrates its fiftieth anniversary as a London borough in 2015. This is the first book to chart the history of Ealing from...
Tracing Villains and Their Victims
A Guide to Criminal Ancestors for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
In this practical handbook Jonathan Oates introduces the fascinating subject of criminal history and he gives readers all the information they need to investigate the life stories of criminals and their victims. He traces the development of the justice system and policing, and gives an insight into...
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