History · 1918
A Book of Remarkable Criminals
Irving profiles a set of historical criminal cases in close, procedural detail — not for sensation, but because he genuinely believed criminal psychology deserved the same careful attention as any other branch of human behavior. He was a trained lawyer and the son of the actor Henry Irving, and brought both a legal eye for evidence and a theatrical eye for character to each case.
H. B. Irving published A Book of Remarkable Criminals in 1918, one of several works of criminology and criminal biography he wrote alongside his stage and legal careers.
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Contents
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Introduction
- I — His Early Years
- II — Peace in London
- III — His Trial and Execution
- I — The Dunedin Murders
- II — The Trial of Butler
- III — His Decline and Fall
- I — The Climbing Little Grocer
- II — The Game of Bluff
- I — An Unhappy Coincidence
- II — The Trial of Dr. Castaing
- Professor Webster
- I — Honour Amongst Thieves
- II — The Wandering Assassin
- The Widow Gras
- I — The Charmer
- II — The Wounded Pigeon
- The Fenayrou Case
- Eyraud and Bompard
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