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- catalog abstract "From Jack the Ripper to the Yorkshire Ripper, the annals of British crime are home to some of the most fascinating and sensational cases in history. Weaving together dozens of cases from the history of Scotland Yard, Bloody Business is an engrossing account of the world's most famous and admired police force. You'll meet real detectives wrestling with the most dramatic crimes in British history - daring robberies, intricate true-life mysteries, and some of the bloodiest. Murders ever committed - in their quest to bring the culprits to the bar of justice, and frequently to the gallows. Among the dastardly villains you will encounter are serial killer Reg Christie, who hid the remains of his victims beneath the floorboards and behind the walls of his house at 10 Rillington Place; the henpecked Dr. Crippen, who poisoned his wife to abscond with his young mistress; and the poisonous Dr. Cream, who pursued a personal vendetta against. Prostitutes. There are also notorious sex scandals (from the Cleveland Street male brothel that ensnared the high and mighty in Victorian London to the Profumo Affair that toppled the British government), some of the greatest capers in criminal history (including the world's first train robbery in 1855), and riveting investigations of international terrorism. The image of Scotland Yard inspector familiar to most Americans from detective novels, movies, and TV is often. That of an ineffectual bungler who needs help from the outside - from Hercule Poirot or Sherlock Holmes. Bloody Business debunks that stereotype. Mystery fans will enjoy this depiction of the real-life figures behind the fictional detectives. True crime fans will relish these enthralling and blood-curdling tales all the more because they are true.".
- catalog contributor b3847698.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "From Jack the Ripper to the Yorkshire Ripper, the annals of British crime are home to some of the most fascinating and sensational cases in history. Weaving together dozens of cases from the history of Scotland Yard, Bloody Business is an engrossing account of the world's most famous and admired police force. You'll meet real detectives wrestling with the most dramatic crimes in British history - daring robberies, intricate true-life mysteries, and some of the bloodiest.".
- catalog description "Murders ever committed - in their quest to bring the culprits to the bar of justice, and frequently to the gallows. Among the dastardly villains you will encounter are serial killer Reg Christie, who hid the remains of his victims beneath the floorboards and behind the walls of his house at 10 Rillington Place; the henpecked Dr. Crippen, who poisoned his wife to abscond with his young mistress; and the poisonous Dr. Cream, who pursued a personal vendetta against.".
- catalog description "Prostitutes. There are also notorious sex scandals (from the Cleveland Street male brothel that ensnared the high and mighty in Victorian London to the Profumo Affair that toppled the British government), some of the greatest capers in criminal history (including the world's first train robbery in 1855), and riveting investigations of international terrorism. The image of Scotland Yard inspector familiar to most Americans from detective novels, movies, and TV is often.".
- catalog description "That of an ineffectual bungler who needs help from the outside - from Hercule Poirot or Sherlock Holmes. Bloody Business debunks that stereotype. Mystery fans will enjoy this depiction of the real-life figures behind the fictional detectives. True crime fans will relish these enthralling and blood-curdling tales all the more because they are true.".
- catalog extent "viii, 278 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Bloody business.".
- catalog identifier "0886876788 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Bloody business.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Pharos Books,".
- catalog relation "Bloody business.".
- catalog spatial "England London".
- catalog subject "363.2/0941 20".
- catalog subject "Criminal investigation England London Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Great Britain. Metropolitan Police Office. Criminal Investigation Department History.".
- catalog subject "HV7914 .J38 1992".
- catalog title "Bloody business : an anecdotal history of Scotland Yard / H. Paul Jeffers.".
- catalog type "Case studies. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".