This is the real story of the terrifying murders that tore families and communities apart. The author separates fact from fiction, looking for the truth behind the myth.
Richard Cobb Book order
Richard Cobb was a British historian whose unconventional academic path, marked by years of independent archival research in France, deeply informed his seminal work on the background to the French Revolution. This dedication to primary sources and meticulous detail became the hallmark of his approach to history. Beyond his scholarly achievements, Cobb is also celebrated for his insightful autobiographical writings, offering readers a unique personal perspective. His work is celebrated for its profound understanding of historical forces and the human condition.
- 2023
- 2023
The first book ever to be written on the complete trial of the Yorkshire Ripper.
- 2022
Using the original police reports, state of the art photographs, unseen images and diagrams, they present the truth about what actually happened in the autumn of 1888.
- 2011
Selbstmörder in Paris um 1800: Was mag einen Menschen bewogen haben, seinem Leben in der Seine ein Ende zu setzen? Und was kann ein Historiker über diese Menschen und ihre Beweggründe herausfinden, der heutzutage die Obduktionsprotokolle von Wasserleichen aus der Seine studiert? Angaben über Alter, Beruf, Familienstand, Wohnviertel, Herkunft führen mitten hinein in den Alltag der Armen und Marginalisierten in der revolutionserschütterten Großstadt. Das liest sich teilweise wie ein Krimi, und der Autor agiert wie ein Detektiv. Ein Lehrstück darüber, wie Historiker über verstaubte Akten die Vergangenheit zum Sprechen bringen.
- 2001
Marseille
- 96 pages
- 4 hours of reading
- 1998
"Like Eric Hobsbawm and E.P. Thompson, Richard Cobb had a gift for understanding great historic events in terms of ordinary human relations. Here for the first time Cobb's widely admired chronicles of daily life in Revolutionary France are gathered into one volume with an illuminating introduction by his former pupil, historian David Gilmour."--BOOK JACKET.
- 1988
The French Revolution Voices from a momentous epoch 1789-1795
- 1985
"A blend of hilarity and pathos, entertainment and horrow, superbly written and painfully honest, this autobiography contains at its heart the story of a brutal and bloody murder.
