True Crime
8 books
True Crime
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George Alfred Townsend - Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth
A series of articles by the New York World newspaper's special correspondent covering the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, its background and subsequent events. It should be noted that some statements in this...
4 hours 34 minutes
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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 5: Derues, La Constantin
Dumas, with the assistance of several friends, compiled Celebrated Crimes, an eight-volume collection of essays on famous criminals and crimes from European history. Includes Vaninka and The Marquise De Ganges. —...
8 hours 11 minutes
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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 2: The Man in the Iron Mask, Martin Guerre
Dumas, with the assistance of several friends, compiled Celebrated Crimes, an eight-volume collection of essays on famous criminals and crimes from European history. Includes The Man in the Iron Mask and Martin...
3 hours 56 minutes
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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 1: Joan of Naples
The celebrated crimes committed during the life of Joan (Joanna I) of Naples span from personal misdeeds (adulteries and mariticide) to regional warfare (like the 1345 War in the Piedmont), and ultimately unraveled...
3 hours 43 minutes
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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 5: Part 2: La Constantin
Dumas chronicles the court intrigues that led to the execution of Marie La Roux Constantin. La dame Constantin was known by French nobility in the 17th century as the “midwife to the Queen’s daughters.” This title...
2 hours 32 minutes
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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Part 3: Nisida (version 2)
Dumas, with the assistance of several friends, compiled Celebrated Crimes, an eight-volume collection of essays on famous criminals and crimes from European history.. This volume tells the story of the infamous prison...
1 hour 48 minutes
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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 5: Part 1: Desrues
This story chronicles the crimes of Antoine-Francois Desrues (also called «Derues») from his childhood to his execution. Desrues constructed the veneer of a virtuous reputation that hid his ever-increasing deviancy...
4 hours 24 minutes
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Anonymous - Most Extraordinary Trial of William Palmer
John Parsons Cook was a 28 year old bachelor, from a good family but not in robust health. He studied to become a lawyer, but instead of following that career, turned to raising race horses. In November 1855, during a...
15 hours 13 minutes
