Murder on the High Seas By Martin Baggoley
Murder on the high seas 1932
This electronic edition includes 37 black and white illustrations Great Britain has for many centuries been one of the world s great sea faring nations The Royal Navy has defended her territory and the merchant fleet has been instrumental in creating the nation s wealth The courage industry and exploits of many of her sailors and the names of the ships in which they served have become legends However the sea has also provided the backdrop to great crimes and for this gripping book the author has selected murders that have been committed in many parts of the globe on board different types of vessels over a period of than 100 years The motives behind these crimes have included revenge lust greed and survival Nevertheless they share one common feature as all of those accused of responsibility were brought back to Great Britain to stand trial Among these fascinating accounts is a gruesome description of a trial where the cannibalistic survivors of a shipwreck murdered and ate their shipmate This electronic edition includes 37 black and white illustrations Murder on the High Seasvery good Martin Baggoley I came to this book with some high hopes In the history of crime and especially murder killing at sea has caused some notable points The most famous being R v Dudley involving the murder and cannibalism of a young seaman Richard Parker The case resulted in the law on whether necessity is a defence to murder being clarified it isn t the argument of the defendants being that had they not killed poor Richard Parker then they may too have died Focussing on crimes in the nineteenth century although with a couple of twentieth century cases added in Murder on the High Seas provides a brief overview and I mean brief of fourteen murder cases at sea In themselves some are interesting but also limited For myself I found the book to be devoid of any sort of real analysis For example a murder at sea did provide legal difficulties on proving a crime had been committed and yet there is no context at all given to its subject matter More than that however what is most disappointing is the complete lack of any referencing I don t mean academic referencing but just any reference to secondary sources or details on where relevant information is held e. Murder on the high seas 1932 file numbers at the National Archives etc Ultimately a disappointing book that I do not expect to revisit again Martin Baggoley I enjoyed reading about a variety of historical maritime murders survivors which included the gory details and the occasional photo drawings A fascinating book that spans over a hundred years Martin Baggoley
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| English |
| 128 |
| Kindle Edition |
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