5/21/2023 0 Comments Court Number One by Thomas Grant![]() In the decades that followed it witnessed the trials of the most famous and infamous defendants of the twentieth century. ![]() 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. ![]() but this is ultimately an affecting study of how the law gets it right - and wrong' GuardianCourt 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. 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. '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 ![]() ' scholarship and depth of evidence' London Review of Books 'Superbly told' Simon Heffer, Daily Telegraph ![]()
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