Court Number One by Thomas Grant
Court Number One of the Old Bailey is the most famous court room in the world, and the venue of some of the most sensational human dramas ever to be played out in a criminal trial.
A hamper of treats, a series of beautifully judged vignettes.. Grant excels himself ... He is a master at conveying the cut-and-thrust of cross-examination, managing to maintain a sense of speed while making sure the reader does not miss the cultural or legal context. His style is drily witty, but just when you start to think he is a bit too detached from what are, after all, matters of life and death, he soars into a rhetorical flight ... Very moving * Sunday Telegraph *
The Old Bailey might be a Jacobean theatre, at times. But like this deceptively thrilling book, it also stands for something very serious * Sunday Times *
Excellent . . . Thomas Grant offers detailed accounts of 11 cases at the Old Bailey's Court Number One, with protagonists ranging from the diabolical to the pathetic. There is humour . . . but this is ultimately an affecting study of how the law gets it right - and wrong * Guardian *
Elegantly written, carefully researched -- John Jolliffe * Counsel *
Thrilling ...In meticulous detail Grant rehearses the context and events of each case, the trial proceedings and the ripples they caused beyond the courtroom ... [he] creates a compelling narrative around each * The Times *
In the old cases outlined, we see recurring human weaknesses that really do tell us as much about our own society as about those of the past. * Daily Telegraph *
Grant writes with the style and fluency of a far more experienced author. He makes judicious use of his rich material -- Michael Beloff * TLS *
Fascinating * Literary Review *
Grant writes with the style and fluency of a far more experienced author. He makes judicious use of his rich material -- Michael Beloff * TLS *
The Old Bailey might be a Jacobean theatre, at times. But like this deceptively thrilling book, it also stands for something very serious * Sunday Times *
Excellent . . . Thomas Grant offers detailed accounts of 11 cases at the Old Bailey's Court Number One, with protagonists ranging from the diabolical to the pathetic. There is humour . . . but this is ultimately an affecting study of how the law gets it right - and wrong * Guardian *
Elegantly written, carefully researched -- John Jolliffe * Counsel *
Thrilling ...In meticulous detail Grant rehearses the context and events of each case, the trial proceedings and the ripples they caused beyond the courtroom ... [he] creates a compelling narrative around each * The Times *
In the old cases outlined, we see recurring human weaknesses that really do tell us as much about our own society as about those of the past. * Daily Telegraph *
Grant writes with the style and fluency of a far more experienced author. He makes judicious use of his rich material -- Michael Beloff * TLS *
Fascinating * Literary Review *
Grant writes with the style and fluency of a far more experienced author. He makes judicious use of his rich material -- Michael Beloff * TLS *
Thomas Grant QC is a practising barrister and author. He lives in Sussex and London. His first book, Jeremy Hutchinson's Case Histories was a Sunday Times bestseller.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781473651616 |
| ISBN 10 | 1473651611 |
| Title | Court Number One |
| Author | Thomas Grant |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2019-05-30 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
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