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This book is the first to have access to government records, which were released only three years ago, and parallels to the Dreyfus case make uneasy reading. Thomas Toughill's book is a readable unravelling of this scandalous miscarriage of justice. Arthur Conan Doyle claimed \"the whole case will, in my opinion, remain immortal in the classics of crime as the supreme example of official incompetence and obstinacy\". In 1909 Oscar Slater, a German Jew, was convicted of the murder of Marion Gilchrist, an elderly Glasgow spinster, and sentenced to death. After an appeal, he was reprieved and sent to Peterhead Prison, from which he was finally released in 1928 after intense public pressure led by William Roughead, the great Scottish criminologist, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Homes. An earlier failed attempt by John Thomson Trench, a Glasgow police officer, to uncover the truth about Slater's conviction had ended in Trench's dismissal from the force. The author's research, based on the government's files on the Slater case, not only identifies the real murderer but explains how Slater came to be wrongfully convicted. This book shows how Slater was the victim, not of a simple miscarriage of justice, but of a concrete conspiracy between senior law officers intent on framing Slater in order to protect the men involved in Miss Gilchrist's murder.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49548410323217,"sku":"GOR002078158","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50002408243473,"sku":"GOR012213769","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50858681205009,"sku":"GOR001920930","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0862414512.jpg?v=1751330341"},{"product_id":"ripper-code-book-thomas-toughill-9780750948753","title":"The Ripper Code","description":"Was Jack the Ripper an artist called Frank Miles? Toughill suggests that this former ’friend’ of Oscar Wilde was indeed the killer, and that Wilde dropped hints about this in several of his works, most notably The Picture of Dorian Gray, which Wilde wrote in 1889, the year after the Ripper murders took place. In fascinating detail, the author argues that Wilde’s story, that of a privileged man whose life of vice in the East End of London turns him into a murderer, is in fact a coded message about the Ripper’s identity. However, The Ripper Code is not just a fascinating voyage through the writings of Oscar Wilde and others. It is also a striking example of original detective work. Here, as in his previous books, Toughill unveils stunning evidence from a hitherto untapped source and uses it to devastating effect in arguing his case. 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Based on both Allied and German sources, Toughill's firsthand research examines that rivalry and for the first time provides convincing answers to many of the questions about the war which have, until now, remained unanswered: Why did Hitler declare war on the United States? What is the truth behind the Allies' policy of 'unconditional surrender'? Why did the Germans stand behind Hitler in the face of overwhelming odds? Why did the Allies leave Berlin to Stalin, the Soviet dictator? At the centre of A World to Gain stands President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the man who rid the world of a great evil and in the process made the United States the most powerful country on earth - all 'at virtually no cost'. How he achieved this extraordinary feat is examined in fascinating detail with new evidence - including forged Cabinet Papers - which is so startling that it will force a major reappraisal of WWII. Toughill pays particular attention to Roosevelt's advisors: William 'Wild Bill' Donovan, the President's Spymaster, whose cunning helped bring America into the war; Douglas Miller, who publicly called for America to attack Germany 'from the West'; and George Marshall, the US Chief of Staff, who urged the 'complete military defeat of Germany'. Understanding exactly what happened during that dreadful conflict is essential to ensuring that Europe never again suffers such a catastrophe - and Toughill's work is an essential aide to fulfilling this task. Roosevelt justified his wartime policies on the grounds that they offered a reasonable guarantee of world peace for 50 years. 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