Playboys and Mayfair Men (ePub)
Crime, Class, Masculinity, and Fascism in 1930s London
(Sprache: Englisch)
The shocking true story of a diamond theft gone wrong offers a fascinating glimpse at the cultural currents of 1930s London.
In December 1937, four young men, all products of elite English schools, lured a Cartier diamond salesman to the luxurious Hyde...
In December 1937, four young men, all products of elite English schools, lured a Cartier diamond salesman to the luxurious Hyde...
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The shocking true story of a diamond theft gone wrong offers a fascinating glimpse at the cultural currents of 1930s London.
In December 1937, four young men, all products of elite English schools, lured a Cartier diamond salesman to the luxurious Hyde Park Hotel. There, the "Mayfair men" brutally bludgeoned the man and made off with eight rings that today would be worth approximately half a million pounds. The press had a field day with the story, playing to the public's insatiable appetite for news about upper-crust rowdies and their unsavory pasts.
InPlayboys and Mayfair Men, Angus McLaren recounts the violent robbery and sensational trial that followed. Using the case to explore the world of interwar London, he sheds light on key 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.
In December 1937, four young men, all products of elite English schools, lured a Cartier diamond salesman to the luxurious Hyde Park Hotel. There, the "Mayfair men" brutally bludgeoned the man and made off with eight rings that today would be worth approximately half a million pounds. The press had a field day with the story, playing to the public's insatiable appetite for news about upper-crust rowdies and their unsavory pasts.
InPlayboys and Mayfair Men, Angus McLaren recounts the violent robbery and sensational trial that followed. Using the case to explore the world of interwar London, he sheds light on key 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.
Autoren-Porträt von Angus McLaren
Angus McLaren is emeritus professor of history at the University of Victoria. He is the author of Sexual Blackmail: A Modern History, Impotence: A Cultural History, and A Prescription for Murder: The Victorian Serial Killings of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Angus McLaren
- 2017, Englisch
- Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
- ISBN-10: 1421423480
- ISBN-13: 9781421423487
- Erscheinungsdatum: 22.09.2017
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