- Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Carlton Publishing Group (Feb 25 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1858688531
- ISBN-13: 978-1858688534
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 318 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,997,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Chronicle of Crime provides an authoritative and compelling account of the history of the world's most infamous murderers and villains, from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the nineties.
About the Author
Fido is a writer, broadcaster, and tour guide. He was previously a literary historian, specializing in the Victorian social novel and its background. For 20 years he taught in universities from Oxford to the West Indies.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Poorly researched and probably harmful to you.,
By Harry Truman Yves (Florida, MO USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Chronicles of Crime: Most in (Mass Market Paperback)
This book is ridiculously awful. It's the worst book I own and it's likely I'll end up giving it to a friend (who in turn, i imagine, will throw it away himself). The Chronicle of Crime traces the last 200 years of crime around the world (principally looking at murders). It's written in a trashy tabloid style, and the author claims this was intended. It's also laid out like a newspaper and covers pretty much everyone you'd want to hear about and then some (although there are quite a few notable exclusions like Ivan Milat, Arthur Shawcross, Rod Ferrel and Richard Ramirez, and some high-profile cases - like the Zodiac - are given less than 200 words). Too, you'd imagine that maybe this book might be enjoyable like reading about Jeffery Dahmer in the National Enquirer or something, but it's not. It's like reading hundreds of poorly written bookjackets. Much of the book is filled with factual errors; for example, he claims uncaptured killer Zodiac wore a balaclava with his symbol sewed to the head (the costume he's known to have worn was reported to have his symbol sewn to his vest), that Dean Corll killed his victims in a boatshed he rented (he actually just buried them there), and describes the capture of Jeffery Dahmer extroadinarily different from how it actually happened (author says Dahmer attacked the police when he found them at his door -- too, no mention is made of Dahmer's death later). As well, the articles (written today) are presented as though they were written at the time of the discovery of the crime. This proves very irritating as the author is utterly unable to handle writing in this tense. The author also tries recreating the feel of the newspapers of the time and often makes attempts at 'entertaining' the audience (to achieve this most sentences end with an exclamation mark). He succeeds in making the book more annoying, of course. It's also safe to say that much of the research for this book comes from the internet and the author's fuzzy memory. Nothing new is presented here (not even in the photographs). I'm positive there's much better books. I cannot stress enough how bad this book is; do not buy.
5.0 out of 5 stars
I have this book always open on my desk,
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This review is from: Chronicles of Crime: Most in (Mass Market Paperback)
I love this book. It covers all different crimes over the past hundred years or so in a newspaper style format. Most "articles" are quite brief yet still informative and are a great starting point for any further research. Also there are several features covering major crimes such as Jack the Ripper, Jeffery Dahmer and the Manson murders. A great read and a worthwhile addition to any true crime buff's collection.
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4.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
I have this book always open on my desk,
By Amanda Howard "Amanda Howard" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Chronicles of Crime: Most in (Mass Market Paperback)
I love this book. It covers all different crimes over the past hundred years or so in a newspaper style format. Most "articles" are quite brief yet still informative and are a great starting point for any further research. Also there are several features covering major crimes such as Jack the Ripper, Jeffery Dahmer and the Manson murders. A great read and a worthwhile addition to any true crime buff's collection.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good read...................,
By Deborah K. Dobbins "~Triple D~" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Chronicles of Crime: Most in (Mass Market Paperback)
I really enjoyed this book of short crime stories by Martin Fido. This book contains some very well known crime tales as well as some of the lesser known ones of the past 120 years. The information can be short at times, but not too detailed that it gets boring all the while offering some very interesting yet little known facts about the various cases.Most of the stories are 3-5 pages, with some shorter and some longer. This book would be great to take along for short reads or for times when a 12 page chapter is just too long. This was an enjoyable read for this true crime buff! |
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