Violence & abuse in society

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At eight years of age, Charles Spencer was sent away to one of England’s most exclusive boarding schools.

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‘A wake-up call’ Amal Clooney

‘Devastating… rape and sexual abuse continue to be a pervasive and all-too-often hidden feature of conflict zones the world over’ HM Queen Camilla

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author of Backlash, an astonishing confrontation with the enigma of her father and the larger riddle of identity.

Rubin Carter is the Hurricane. A pistol shot in a bar room ruined his chances of becoming the middleweight champion of the world. But he did not fire the gun. Nineteen long years in prison, a massively high profile campaign to release him that failed, and the persistence of an unlikely supporter finally saw him free.

'Electrifying, a literary whodunit of the first order.' Justin Cronin, bestselling author of ‘The Passage’.

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A deeply engaging and completely original book about nineteenth-century Britain’s fascination with good quality murder.