Who killed Sir Harry Oakes?
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| Oakes, Harry, Sir, 1874-1943. Murder > Bahamas. |
- ISBN: 0395346398 :
- Physical Description 248 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1983.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-249) |
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Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes?
James Leasor cleverly reconstructs events surrounding a brutal and unusual murder. It is 1943 and Sir Harry Oakes lies horrifically murdered at his Bahamian mansion. Although a self-made multi-millionaire, Sir Harry is an unlikely victim there are no suggestions of jealousy or passion. Why did the Duke of Windsor, then Governor of the Bahamas call in the Miami police rather than Scotland Yard? Leasor makes the daring suggestion that Sir Harry Oakes murder, the burning of the liner Normandie in New York Harbour in 1942 and the Allied landings in Sicily are all somehow connected. 'The story has all the right ingredients - rich occupants of a West Indian tax haven, corruption, drugs, the Mafia, and a weak character as governor.' Daily Mail
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