Conned: Scams, frauds and swindles

Hilary Bateson and James Morton

A racy, highly entertaining history of cons and conmen. To the many people who've been the subject of a con, this book will be of personal interest: even if you haven't, there's still a fascination...

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Available 04/12/2008

Gangland Soho

James Morton

Behind the fashionable bars and clubs of Soho lies a fascinating history of criminal activity, featuring some of London's most notorious gangsters. From the razor gangs of the 1920s to the post-war...

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Available 06/11/2008

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Gangland Soho

James Morton

Behind the fashionable bars and clubs of Soho lies a fascinating history of criminal activity, featuring some of London's most notorious gangsters.From the razor gangs of the 1920s to the post-war...

Hardback: £18.99

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Lola Montez: Her life and conquests

James Morton

The extraordinary life of the most notorious adventuress of the Victorian era.

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Conned: Scams, frauds and swindles

Hilary Bateson and James Morton

A racy, highly entertaining history of cons and conmen. To the many people who've been the subject of a con, this book will be of personal interest: even if you haven't, there's still a fascination...

Hardback: £12.99

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Lola Montez: Her life & conquests

James Morton

The extraordinary life of the most notorious adventuress of the Victorian era.

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Gangland: The Contract Killers

James Morton

The realm of the contract killer is a murky and murderous underworld where the price for the removal of a top villain is £100,000. A world where the killers range from Mafia to millionaires...

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Gangland Bosses: The Lives of Jack Spot and Billy Hill

James Morton and Gerry Parker

In August 1955 two men fought on the corner of Frith Street and Old Compton Street, Soho. From the dreadful injuries they inflicted on each other it easily could have been a hanging matter, but...

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Gangland: The Contract Killers

James Morton

The realm of the contract killer is a murky and murderous underworld where the price for the removal of a top villain is £100,000. A world where the killers range from Mafia to millionaires...

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Fighters: Sad Lives/Deaths of Freddie Mills/Randolph Turpin

James Morton

In July 1965 Freddie Mills, popular former light heavyweight champion of the world, was found shot in an alleyway off London’s Charing Cross Road. Was he murdered and if so by whom? Did he kill...

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Gangland: The Early Years

James Morton

The early criminals were just as violent, dangerous and daring as their more recent relations. After a raid on the American Express in Paris, Eddie Guerin was sent to Devil's Island from which he...

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Gangland Today

James Morton

With organised gangs making increasing use of technology to expand their empires, crime is more international than it has ever been. GANGLAND TODAY charts the effects of a changing world on...

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