ON TRIAL FOR MURDER Over 200 of the world's most dramatic trials of the 20th century (SIGNED)

Softcover. SIGNED. Featuring over 200 of the most famous and infamous murder trials of the 20th century. The trail of detection, the conflict of the evidence, the clash of the lawyers, the personalities of the witnesses - all make for stories unsurpassed in their drama and excitement. Sometimes the verdict is literally a matter of life or death. Includes such well-known cases as the Sir Harry Oakes murder trial, where the evidence against Freddie de Marigny looked overwhelming until a private detective knocked holes in the prosecution case. There's the roly-poly doctor accused of mass poisoning and the solicitor who would have got away with murder if he hadn't tried it once too often. The weird, the banal, the atrocious and the motiveless - all these together with the Yorkshire Ripper, O.J. Simpson, Nilsen, Manson, Christie, Craig and Bentley, the Kray brothers, Thompson and Bywaters and many, many more. Illus., Bibliog. and Index. 354pp. trade size softcover. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY DOUGLAS WYNN together with loosely inserted typed and SIGNED LETTER by him. Lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.