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Prosecutors in Oxford, England, say a man stabbed and beat a book dealer to death so he could steal a rare first edition of “The Wind in the Willows,” the Guardian reports.
The "savage" murder of a book dealer was part of an attempt to steal a £50,000 first edition of the Wind in the Willows, a court hears.
This is the selfie a murderer took just moments after he stabbed an Oxford historian to death and robbed him of a rare $61,00 novel. Michael Danaher, 50, on Monday was found guilty and jailed for l… ...
A man in England allegedly tortured and murdered an Oxford antiques dealer for a rare first edition of a children’s novel — and kept a list of famous targets for future robberies. Micha… ...
In the past several months, Danaher had reportedly searched for “Adrian Greenwood,” “rare books Oxford” and “Wind in the Willows,” the BBC reported. On Dec. 16, ...
A man who murdered a book dealer over a £50,000 first edition of The Wind in the Willows showed a "level of viciousness", a detective has said. Michael Danaher, 51, stabbed Adrian Greenwood to ...
At the end of 2006 Matt Lucas and Bob Hoskins headed an all star cast in a BBC production of The Wind in the Willows, proving that the book produced 100 years ago, had taken on a timeless quality.