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Oscar Slater: The Immortal Case of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle New Edition
Author(s): Thomas Toughill (Author)
- Publisher: The History Press
- Publication Date: 24 Aug. 2006
- Edition: New
- Language: English
- Print length: 272 pages
- ISBN-10: 0750945737
- ISBN-13: 9780750945738
Book Description
In 1909, Oscar Slater, a German Jew, was convicted and sentenced to death for the brutal murder of Marion Gilchrist, an elderly Glasweigan spinster. His trial is known to have been one of the most scandalous miscarriages of justice in the annals of legal history. This book is provides an account of this infamous case.
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About the Author
Tommy Toughill has laboured in a whisky distillery, taught history in Gibraltar, been a police officer in Hong Kong and a bodyguard to Henry Kissinger. A graduate of the University of Glasgow and a former Infantry officer in a Scottish regiment, he lives in Gibraltar.
