Criminal History of Mankind

Wilson, Colin

ISBN 10: 0399128042 / ISBN 13: 9780399128042

Published by U.S.A.: Putnam Pub Group (T), 1984

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hardback book and dust jacket in very good-plus condition. Seller Inventory # 301302

Bibliographic Details

Title: Criminal History of Mankind

Publisher: U.S.A.: Putnam Pub Group (T)

Publication Date: 1984

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Looks at human history in terms of the balance between crime and creativity, considers the nature of violence, and discusses pirates, assassins, gangsters, and terrorists

About the Author:

Colin Wilson lives in Cornwall with his wife. He was born in Leicester in 1931 and left school at sixteen working in several jobs before becoming a full-time writer with the publication of ‘The Outsider’. He is a renowned authority on the paranormal and is the author of over fifty books, with subjects ranging from mysticism to criminology. He has also written articles, plays and contributed to several newspapers and journals. He regards himself primarily as a philosopher concerned with the meaning of human existence, but unlike many ‘existentialists’, his outlook is basically optimistic.