The Old Devil

Clarence Darrow: The World's Greatest Trial Lawyer

Donald McRae (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

432 Seiten

2010
Simon & Schuster Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84739-020-2 (ISBN)

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A gripping account of the world's greatest and most controversial defence lawyer and the infamous trials which forged his enduring legacy.

Clarence Darrow was one of the most legendary and influential trial lawyers the world has ever seen. Famous for his ability to turn seemingly unwinnable cases his way through his oratory and his uncanny skill at reading the mood of a jury, he was a man whose work inspired impassioned campaigns against the death penalty as well as lavish Hollywood movies. Now award-winning writer Donald McRae revisits the three greatest trials which secured Darrow's near-mythic reputation and brings them vividly to life.

The public themes which Darrow confronted still resonate powerfully today: sex and murder, religion and science, racism, the media and the law. Written with great intimacy, drama and immediacy, this is a sweeping story which offers piercing insight into one of the most towering and controversial personalities of the twentieth century.

Donald McRae is the award-winning author of eleven non-fiction books, which have featured sporting icons, legendary trial lawyers and heart surgeons. He has twice won the prestigious William Hill Sports Book of the Year, for Dark Trade and In Black & White. He is a three-time Interviewer of the Year winner and has also won Sports Feature Writer of the Year on three separate occasions for his work in the Guardian. He lives in Hertfordshire.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.1.2010
Zusatzinfo	8pp b-w
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht
ISBN-10	1-84739-020-X / 184739020X
ISBN-13	978-1-84739-020-2 / 9781847390202
Zustand	Neuware