Nick Rennison

NICK RENNISON is a writer, editor and bookseller with a particular interest in modern history and in crime fiction. He is the author of ;Riots and Rebels: A Pocket Essential History of Popular Protest in Britain, ;1974: Scenes from a Year of Crisis, ;1922: Scenes from a Turbulent Year, ;A Short History of Polar Exploration, Peter Mark Roget: A Biography, Freud and Psychoanalysis, Robin Hood: Myth, History & Culture ;and ;Bohemian London, published by Oldcastle Books, and the editor of six anthologies of short stories for No Exit Press. He is also the author of ;The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to Crime Fiction, 100 Must-Read Crime Novels ;and ;Sherlock Holmes: An Unauthorised Biography. His crime novels, ;Carver's Quest ;and ;Carver's Truth, both set in nineteenth-century London, are published by Corvus. He is a regular reviewer for both ;The Sunday Times ;and ;Daily Mail.

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