FAMOUS EUROPEAN CRIMES

Hardback. The author recalls some of Europe's most dramatic post-war crimes - acts of violence that, in some cases, are unique in the history of crime. Doctor Marcel Petiot, the man who shocked a nation's conscience; Madam,e Chevalier, whose case provoked the magic phrase crime passionel; a ninety-second hold-up that netted more than £200,000's worth of gems belonging to the Begum Aga Khan; Salvatore Giuliano, the handsome young bandit chief who defied an entire army. Illus. 190pp. 8vo. h/back. With tiny label to fpd, lightly browned eps, lightly foxed edges, v. sl. dull sp. o/w Vg.