John Pearson was een Britse auteur wiens werk zich vaak verdiepte in de levens en carrières van opmerkelijke individuen, zowel echt als fictief. Hij stond bekend om zijn gedetailleerde en boeiende biografieën, die de psychologie en motivaties van zijn onderwerpen onderzochten. Pearson's schrijfstijl werd gekenmerkt door grondig onderzoek en een vermogen om lezers onder te dompelen in de werelden van zijn protagonisten, waarbij hij vaak thema's als macht, misdaad en de zoektocht naar identiteit onderzocht. Zijn werk biedt een meeslepende kijk op menselijke ambitie en de gevolgen daarvan.
When the Englishman learned that someone was asking about him, he introduced himself to Pearson, who persuaded him to write his story - a story even more extraordinary than that of the Krays. Because the Englishman is the only man of non-Italian blood to be admitted to the heart of the Mafia.
In 1858, Ensign Hugh Pearson embarked at Chatham for service with the 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment in India, little suspecting that within a few short months he would be taking part in the dramatic events of the Indian Rebellion. His letters to his family, published here for the first time, tell of the dramatic events that unfolded from the first rumblings of unrest at Barrackpore, to the shocking news of the massacre at Cawnpore, and the struggle to relieve Lucknow. Pearson offers a remarkable insight into the career of a young regimental officer in Queen Victoria's army, as well as an enticing glimpse of family life. Peace gives him the chance to engage in his favourite pastime - shooting - whilst war offers the opportunity for promotion and loot. But as the campaign continues and his comrades begin to fall, Pearson begins to long for home.
John Pearson, author of The Profession of Violence, the definitive bestseller on the Krays, re-examines the bizarre and frightening story of the Kray twins including new revelations about their criminal past, the trial and their extraordinary activities in jail.
Ever since the Kray twins invited John Pearson to write their 'official' biography more than forty years ago, he has been obsessed with them.
The classic, bestselling account of the infamous Kray twins, now a major film, starring Tom Hardy.
John Pearson, author of the bestselling definitive book on the Krays, THE PROFESSION OF VIOLENCE, re-examines the bizarre and frightening story of the Kray twins including new revelations about their criminal past, trial and their extraordinary activities in gaol.
Follows the fortunes of five men at the centre of the ultra-fashionable Clermont Set: the Clermont Club's eccentric founder John Aspinall; Dominic Elwes, who was to betray the Set's code of silence; the socialite owner of Annabel's, Mark Birley; the womanising, multi millionaire James Goldsmith; and the infamous Lord 'Lucky' Lucan.
For over fifty years James Biggles Worth, D.S.O., D.F.C., M.C., has flown the skies. The mythical ace to end all flying aces, the fearless pilot of everything from Sop with Camels to the earliest jets, he emerged with glory from devilish scrapes all over the world. Yet until now Biggles has often been seen as a storybook caricature. A dashed fine chap, certainly, but not the extraordinary man he really was. Here, for the first time, is an insight into the 'real' man who made these adventures possible. In Biggles, his fictional biography, first published in 1978, John Pearson has unravelled the missing strands in Biggles' life; delving vigorously into subjects that were once taboo. Why did Biggles never marry? What was the truth about his tragic first love? And what were Biggles' real regrets and frustrations as he tried to come to terms with a rapidly developing world in peacetime? The truth - so long hidden behind a stiff upper lip and an equally stiff pink gin in the Officers' Mess - is at last revealed.
Jo Pearson's charming illustrations feature summer and beach life with native flora and fauna setting the scene. Bring to life sandcastles, picnics, boats, barbecues, puzzles, surfboards, teacups and ice creams. Explore the extraordinary shells, beautiful flowers, stunning birds, fish and amazing sea- life.
A brand-new paperback edition with a new introduction, celebrating the 50th anniversary of this fan-favourite book.