Playboys and Mayfair Men: Crime, Class, Masculinity, and Fascism in 1930s London Tapa dura - 2017

Johns Hopkins University Press. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Balitmore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. American First. Complete number line from 1 to 9; minimal wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs; 264 pages.

Hardback. New. An original and exciting cultural history of 1930s Britain, this innovative book and the exploits of its dissolute playboys will appeal to true-crime readers and historians alike.

Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 2017. Hardcover. New. 288 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.95 inches.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket. As new, with very faint, partial fold crease to front jacket flap. Please see photos./as new. Quarto in color illus jacket; viii, 264 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm ; bibliographical references and index. Contents: Introduction -- The robbery -- The investigation -- The suspects -- The trial -- The aftermath -- Pain -- Masculinity -- Crime -- Class -- Fascism -- Epilogue. / "In December 1937, four respectable young men in their twenties, all products of elite English public schools, conspired to lure to the luxurious Hyde Park Hotel a representative of Cartier, the renowned jewelry firm. There, the "Mayfair men" brutally bludgeoned diamond salesman Etienne Bellenger and made off with eight rings that today would be worth approximately half a million pounds. Such well-connected young people were not supposed to appear in the prisoner's dock at the Old Bailey. Not… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.