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Sydney Kentridge carved out a reputation as South Africa’s most prominent anti-apartheid advocate – his story is entwined with the country’s emergence from racial injustice and oppression. He is the only advocate to have acted for three winners of the Nobel Peace Prize – Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Chief Albert Lutuli.
Already world-famous for his landmark cases including the Treason Trial of Nelson Mandela and the other leading members of the ANC, the inquiry into the Sharpeville massacre, and the inquest into the death of Steve Biko, he then became England’s premier advocate.
Through the great set-pieces of the legal struggle against apartheid – cases which made the headlines not just in South Africa, but across the world – this biography is a portrait of enduring moral stature.
The story of life and death in America as told through beautiful
cemetery art photography accompanied by meaningful epitaphs from
cemeteries up to 300 years old. View 68 cemeteries in 224 beautiful
photographs that breathe life into existence of those who have
passed before us, and who are now enshrined for eternity in
landscaped paradises. Within each placid scene and through
heartfelt words displayed upon markers, join photographer John
Thomas Grant in his one-of-a-kind study of an American tradition.
'A forensic, riveting account of a wondrous and principled
advocate' Philippe Sands 'Well-written, deeply researched and
wholly gripping' The Spectator 'Meticulously researched' The Times
'Kentridge is one of many lawyers to whom I will forever be in
debt, and whose everyday fights against injustice should inspire us
all' David Lammy Sydney Kentridge carved out a reputation as South
Africa's most prominent anti-apartheid advocate - his story is
entwined with the country's emergence from racial injustice and
oppression. He is the only advocate to have acted for three winners
of the Nobel Peace Prize - Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu
and Chief Albert Lutuli. Already world-famous for his landmark
cases including the Treason Trial of Nelson Mandela and the other
leading members of the ANC, the inquiry into the Sharpeville
massacre, and the inquest into the death of Steve Biko, he then
became England's premier advocate. Through the great set-pieces of
the legal struggle against apartheid - cases which made the
headlines not just in South Africa, but across the world - this
biography is a portrait of enduring moral stature.
'Well-written, deeply researched and wholly gripping' The Spectator
'Kentridge is one of many lawyers to whom I will forever be in
debt, and whose everyday fights against injustice should inspire us
all' David Lammy Sydney Kentridge carved out a reputation as South
Africa's most prominent anti-apartheid advocate - his story is
entwined with the country's emergence from racial injustice and
oppression. He is the only advocate to have acted for three winners
of the Nobel Peace Prize - Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu
and Chief Albert Lutuli. Already world-famous for his landmark
cases including the Treason Trial of Nelson Mandela and the other
leading members of the ANC, the inquiry into the Sharpeville
massacre, and the inquest into the death of Steve Biko, he then
became England's premier advocate. Through the great set-pieces of
the legal struggle against apartheid - cases which made the
headlines not just in South Africa, but across the world - this
biography is a portrait of enduring moral stature.
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A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A WATERSTONES
PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 'Superbly told' Simon Heffer, Daily Telegraph
'A hamper of treats' Sunday Telegraph '[Grant employs] scholarship
and depth of evidence' London Review of Books 'These tales of
eleven trials are shocking, squalid, titillating and illuminating:
each of them says something fascinating about how our society once
was' The Times 'Deceptively thrilling' Sunday Times 'Excellent . .
. Thomas Grant offers detailed accounts of eleven cases at the Old
Bailey's Court Number One, with protagonists ranging from the
diabolical to the pathetic. There is humour . . . but this is
ultimately an affecting study of how the law gets it right - and
wrong' Guardian Court Number One of the Old Bailey is the most
famous court room in the world, and the venue of some of the most
sensational human dramas ever to be played out in a criminal trial.
The principal criminal court of England, historically reserved for
the more serious and high-profile trials, Court Number One opened
its doors in 1907 after the building of the 'new' Old Bailey. In
the decades that followed it witnessed the trials of the most
famous and infamous defendants of the twentieth century. It was
here that the likes of Madame Fahmy, Lord Haw Haw, John Christie,
Ruth Ellis, George Blake (and his unlikely jailbreakers, Michael
Randle and Pat Pottle), Jeremy Thorpe and Ian Huntley were defined
in history, alongside a wide assortment of other traitors, lovers,
politicians, psychopaths, spies, con men and - of course - the
innocent. Not only notorious for its murder trials, Court Number
One recorded the changing face of modern British society, bearing
witness to alternate attitudes to homosexuality, the death penalty,
freedom of expression, insanity and the psychology of violence.
Telling the stories of twelve of the most scandalous and celebrated
cases across a radically shifting century, this book traces the
evolving attitudes of Britain, the decline of a society built on
deference and discretion, the tensions brought by a more permissive
society and the rise of trial by mass media. From the Sunday Times
bestselling author of Jeremy Hutchinson's Case Histories, Court
Number One is a mesmerising window onto the thrills, fears and
foibles of the modern age.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA NON-FICTION
DAGGER 'Thomas Grant has brought together Hutchinson's greatest
legal hits, producing a fascinating episodic cultural history of
post-war Britain that chronicles the end of deference and secrecy,
and the advent of a more permissive society . . . Grant brings out
the essence of each case, and Hutchinson's role, with clarity and
wit' Ben Macintyre, The Times 'An excellent book . . . Grant
recounts these trials in limpid prose which clarifies obscurities.
A delicious flavouring of cool irony, which is so much more
effective than hot indignation, covers his treatment of the small
mindedness and cheapness behind some prosecutions' Richard
Davenport-Hines, Guardian Born in 1915 into the fringes of the
Bloomsbury Group, Jeremy Hutchinson went on to become the greatest
criminal barrister of the 1960s, '70s and '80s. The cases of that
period changed society for ever and Hutchinson's role in them was
second to none. In Case Histories, Jeremy Hutchinson's most
remarkable trials are examined, each one providing a fascinating
look into Britain's post-war social, political and cultural
history. Accessibly and entertainingly written, Case Histories
provides a definitive account of Jeremy Hutchinson's life and work.
From the sex and spying scandals which contributed to Harold
Macmillan's resignation in 1963 and the subsequent fall of the
Conservative government, to the fight against literary censorship
through his defence of Lady Chatterley's Lover and Fanny Hill,
Hutchinson was involved in many of the great trials of the period.
He defended George Blake, Christine Keeler, Great Train robber
Charlie Wilson, Kempton Bunton (the only man successfully to
'steal' a picture from the National Gallery), art 'faker' Tom
Keating, and Howard Marks who, in a sensational defence, was
acquitted of charges relating to the largest importation of
cannabis in British history. He also prevented the suppression of
Bernardo Bertolucci's notorious film Last Tango in Paris and did
battle with Mary Whitehouse when she prosecuted the director of the
play Romans in Britain. Above all else, Jeremy Hutchinson's career,
both at the bar and later as a member of the House of Lords, has
been one devoted to the preservation of individual liberty and to
resisting the incursions of an overbearing state. Case Histories
provides entertaining, vivid and revealing insights into what was
really going on in those celebrated courtroom dramas that defined
an age, as well as painting a picture of a remarkable life. To
listen to Jeremy Hutchinson being interviewed by Helena Kennedy on
BBC Radio 4's A Law Unto Themselves, please follow the link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04d4cpv You can also listen to him
on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs with Kirsty Young:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03ddz8m
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have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
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