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Book Synopsis''Stirring'' Roger Lewis, Daily Mail, BOOK OF THE WEEK
''A warm and worthy tribute'' The Times
''Elegantly written, thought-provoking'' The Lady
''A lucid and affectionate portrait of one of the great journalists of his day'' Observer
Sir Ludovic Kennedy was a British journalist, television personality, humanist and author. Following a brief naval career, Ludo devoted his life to what he referred to as his ''lifelong obsession with miscarriages of justice'' and he fought this cause tirelessly, until he died in 2009.
He is best known for re-examining cases such as the kidnapping of American toddler Charles Lindbergh, about which he wrote his most ambitious book on injustice, The Airman and the Carpenter. Ludo''s writings and work on other cases such as the murder convictions of Timothy Evans and Derek Bentley were unique in that they often dispelled the breeding ground for conspiracy th
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Stirring -- Roger Lewis * Daily Mail *
A warm and worthy tribute * The Times *
Elegantly written, thought-provoking -- Rebecca Wallersteiner * The Lady *
A lucid and affectionate portrait of one of the great journalists of his day * Observer *
It has a dogged sense of justice, and is an astounding tale of judicial bigotry, arrogant stupidity and complacence -- Richard Davenport-Hines * The Oldie *
A worthy memorial to a man whose campaigning against injustices was, probably more than any other single influence, responsible for the abolition of the death penalty in Britain -- Stephen Bates * Literary Review *
An important book -- Bob Woffinden * Catholic Herald *
Ingrams' book is an indictment of the legal establishment as it was and a powerful justification for investigative writing -- Stephen Halliday * Times Higher Education Supplement *
