History of Crime in 100 Objects

by Keith Skinner and Alan Moss

Book Overview

Explore Britain's dark criminal history through the fascinating objects that have been hidden away in the Crime Museum at Scotland Yard, a collection that, although world-famous, is so sensitive it has never before been opened to the public. Each object tells its own story: the briefcase with a concealed syringe owned by the notorious Kray twins; the gun Ruth Ellis used to murder her lover David Blakely; a burnt-out computer from the Glasgow airport...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750962879
• ISBN13: 9780750962872
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.4"