Court Number One by Thomas Grant
'These tales of eleven trials are shocking, squalid, titillating and illuminating: each of them says something fascinating about how our society once was' The Times
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 *
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 *
Thomas Grant QC is a practising barrister and author. His previous books include the Sunday Times bestseller Jeremy Hutchinson's Case Histories: From Lady Chatterley's Lover to Howard Marks, and Court Number One: The Old Bailey Trials that Defined Modern Britain, a Telegraph Book of the Year, Times Book of the Year and Waterstones Paperback of the Year. He lives in Sussex and London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781473651630 |
| ISBN 10 | 1473651638 |
| Title | Court Number One |
| Author | Thomas Grant |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2020-07-09 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
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