| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-254) and index. |
| Summary |
"In December 1937, four respectable young men in their twenties, all products of elite English public schools, conspired to lure to the luxurious Hyde Park Hotel a representative of Cartier, the renowned jewelry firm. There, the "Mayfair men" brutally bludgeoned diamond salesman Etienne Bellenger and made off with eight rings that today would be worth approximately half a million pounds. Such well-connected young people were not supposed to appear in the prisoner's dock at the Old Bailey. Not surprisingly, the popular newspapers had a field day responding to the public's insatiable appetite for news about the upper-crust rowdies and their unsavory pasts. In Playboys and Mayfair Men, Angus McLaren recounts the violent robbery and sensational trial that followed. He uses the case as a hook to draw the reader into a revelatory exploration of key interwar social issues, from masculinity and cultural decadence to broader anxieties about moral decay. In his gripping depiction of Mayfair's celebrity high life, McLaren describes the crime in detail, as well as the police investigation, the suspects, their trial, and the aftermath of their convictions."--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Part 1. The Crime. The robbery ; The investigation ; The suspects ; The trial ; The aftermath -- Part 2. The Context. Pain ; Masculinity ; Crime ; Class ; Fascism ; Epilogue. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Robbery -- England -- London -- Case studies.
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Robbery. |
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England -- London. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Violent crimes -- England -- London -- Case studies.
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Violent crimes. |
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Criminals -- England -- London -- Case studies.
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Criminals. |
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Social classes -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.
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Social classes. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
London (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McLaren, Angus. Playboys and Mayfair men. Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017 9781421423470 (DLC) 2017004265 (OCoLC)983597824 |
| ISBN |
9781421423487 (electronic book) |
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1421423480 (electronic book) |
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9781421423470 (hardcover) |
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1421423472 (hardcover) |
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