Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes?
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Murder, True Crime
| Author: | James Leasor | ISBN: | 9781908291066 |
| Publisher: | James Leasor Limited | Publication: | January 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | James Leasor |
| ISBN: | 9781908291066 |
| Publisher: | James Leasor Limited |
| Publication: | January 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
James Leasor cleverly reconstructs events surrounding a brutal and unusual murder. It is 1943 and Sir Harry Oakes lies horrifically murdered at his Bahamian mansion. Although a self-made multi-millionaire, Sir Harry is an unlikely victim there are no suggestions of jealousy or passion. Why does the Duke of Windsor call in Miami police and not Scotland Yard?Leasor makes the daring suggestion that Sir Harry Oakes murder, the burning of the liner Normandie in New York Harbour in 1942 and the Allied landings in Sicily are all somehow connected.
James Leasor cleverly reconstructs events surrounding a brutal and unusual murder. It is 1943 and Sir Harry Oakes lies horrifically murdered at his Bahamian mansion. Although a self-made multi-millionaire, Sir Harry is an unlikely victim there are no suggestions of jealousy or passion. Why does the Duke of Windsor call in Miami police and not Scotland Yard?Leasor makes the daring suggestion that Sir Harry Oakes murder, the burning of the liner Normandie in New York Harbour in 1942 and the Allied landings in Sicily are all somehow connected.
