Description
| Product ID: | 9780750989855 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Dark City |
| Subtitle: | Murder, Vice, and Mayhem in Wartime London |
| Authors: | Author: Simon Read |
| Subjects: | Social and cultural history, Social & cultural history, Second World War, Crime and criminology, Second World War, Crime & criminology, London, Greater London, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Dark City is the first book to explore how London became a criminals' paradise during the Second World War The blackout went into effect three days before the declaration of war and transformed nocturnal London into a criminal’s paradise. As the city pulled together in the face of terrible adversity, the bomb-ravaged streets became the stalking grounds for killers, rapists, looters and gangs. The number of bodies retrieved during the Blitz made it impossible for the authorities to autopsy them all, providing cover to those who worked with blades, guns and more sinister tools. Scotland Yard – its resources stretched to the limit – did its best to tackle a rogues’ gallery born of bombs and blackout, and crimes that continue to fascinate from history’s darkest corners. In Dark City, award-winning crime writer Simon Read paints a vivid picture of the other side of wartime London, from the Blackout Ripper and the Acid Bath Murders, to the notorious Rillington Place killer and his house of corpses. |
| Imprint Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-04-09 |
