by Thomas Grant · John Murray Publishers Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781473651630
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«Court Number One: The Trials and Scandals that Shocked Modern Britain» is Thomas Grant's historical essay, in hardcover.
The book follows twelve famous trials held in Court Number One of the Old Bailey, London's criminal court where high-profile cases were heard. Among the defendants are spies, politicians, lovers, traitors and murderers; their stories reveal the shift in American society's attitudes towards homosexuality, the death penalty, freedom of expression, mental illness and violence. It also shows how the trial became a media spectacle throughout the twentieth century.
Published by John Murray Publishers Ltd in 2020, in English, with 448 pages. The book falls within the fields of history and law.
For readers interested in twentieth-century British history, true crime and the evolution of criminal justice.
