John Blake
The Wicked Mr Hall - The Memoirs of the Butler Who Loved to Kill
Product Code:
9781857826838
ISBN13:
9781857826838
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$17.45
The Wicked Mr Hall - The Memoirs of the Butler Who Loved to Kill
$17.45
Growing up in Glasgow in the 1930s, Roy Archibald Hall was a natural thief. After moving to London, he became a familiar figure in the capital's underground gay scene. Due to his lucrative criminal career, he led an extravagant lifestyle - though eventually he was arrested and spent the majority of the next two decades of his life, in a cell. Upon release from prison in 1975, he returned to Scotland and ound employment as a butler. He was joined by David Wright, a former lover from prison, however, after falling out over the theft of a diamond ring they headed out on a shooting trip...and Wright never returned. Hall then moved back to London and teamed up with Michael Kitto. Working again as a butler, he and Kitto murdered his new employers.By the time he was finally arrested, he had carried out two more brutal murders, including that of his own half-brother. Hall would never be released. Before he died, however, he decided to share his story and write his memoirs. This honest, harrowing and chilling book is the result.
| Author: Roy Archibald Hall |
| Publisher: John Blake |
| Publication Date: Feb 02, 2015 |
| Number of Pages: 288 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1857826833 |
| ISBN-13: 9781857826838 |