Author: Jonathan Oates

The trial of the year in 1950 was of Donald Hume, a North London petty thief accused of stabbing car dealer Stanley Setty to death, of cutting up h...

Why does the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin have such an extraordinary reputation today? How come his criminal career has inspired a profusion of...

Ealing was once known as the 'Queen of the Suburbs', though this phrase is more commonly used now by estate agents. Ealing Through Time enables the...

Murders and murderers fascinate us - and perhaps serial killers fascinate us most of all. In the twentieth century the term came to be used to desc...

Known as the 'Queen of the Suburbs', Ealing is best known as being home to the world-famous Ealing Studios, the oldest film studios still in operat...

The East End is one of the most famous parts of London and it has had its own distinctive identity since the district was first settled in medieval...

In this practical handbook Jonathan Oates introduces the fascinating subject of criminal history and he gives readers all the information they need...

This chilling volume brings together more murderous tales that shocked not only the county but made headline news throughout the nation. Covering t...

The trail that an ancestor leaves through the Victorian period and the twentieth century is relatively easy to follow - the records are plentiful, ...