Earl of Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith, Great Britain, Trials, Famous Trials, United Kingdom Famous Trials, United Kingdom, Cases 

"Frederick Edwin Smith, first Earl of Birkenhead (known to his contemporaries as F.E) had a brilliant career at the bar and in politics, culminating in his appointment as Lord Chancellor at the early age of forty-six. He might equally well have made a name for himself in literature. two of his books, Famous Trials of History and More Famous trials, ran into many editions within a few month of publication. They are now made available for the first time in a single volume at a popular price..." - Preface 

Contents:
The trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. -- The trial of Thomas Wentworth (Earl of Strafford). -- The man who stole the kings's crown. -- The trial of Green and others for the murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey. -- Lord Mohun. -- The trial of Spencer Cowper. -- The trial of Captian Kidd. -- The wardens of the Flet. -- The trial of Eugene Aram. -- The trial of Dr. Dodd. -- The trial of Warren Hastings. -- The trial of Deacon Brodie. -- The trial of Lord Cochrane. -- The Southern Rhodesia land case. -- The plot to murder Mr. Lloyd George. -- The frauds on the Bank of Liverpool. -- Fire and earthquake in Jamaica. -- Sir Roger Casemont. -- The German hospital ship. -- The "Veronica" murders. -- The Marconi scandal. -- Ethel Le Neve: Crippen's mistress. -- Ogden's Guinea gold. -- Marie Antionette. -- Charles Peace. -- Joan of Arc. -- Bywaters and Thompson. -- Charles I. -- The Seddon case. -- Frances Bacon. -- Mrs. Maybrick. -- Major Strangeways. -- Madeleine Smith. -- The Duchess of Kingston. -- The murder of Dr. Parkman. -- James Scott, Duke of Monmouth. -- The Yelverton case. -- Jonathan Wild. -- Burke and Hare. -- Colonel Nicholas Bayard. -- William Cobbett. -- The Marquis de Brinvilliers. -- Landru. 

"With 41 illustrations"