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Raymond William Postgate (6 November 1896 – 29 March 1971) was an English socialist, writer, journalist and editor, social historian, mystery novelist, and gourmet who founded the Good Food Guide. He was a member of the Postgate family.
Verdict of Twelve is a novel by Raymond Postgate first published in 1940 about a trial by jury seen through the eyes of each of the twelve jurors as they listen to the evidence and try to reach a unanimous verdict of either "Guilty" or "Not guilty".
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Raymond W. Postgate. 3.76. 692 ratings138 reviews. A woman is on trial for her life, accused of murder. Each of the 12 members of the jury has his or her own burden of guilt and prejudice which could affect the outcome. Hailed as one of the best mysteries of the year when it was first published in 1940, this book has become a classic of the genre.
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Raymond (William) Postgate (1896-1971) English social historian and mystery writer, whose best-known crime novel is Verdict of Twelve (1940). In the story a murder trial is followed through different jurors and their reactions.
22 de dez. de 2017 · Dec 22, 2017. Raymond Postgate, Verdict of Twelve, British Library, 2018. This book is among the outstanding reissues by the British Library and Poisoned Pen Press. Postgate’s name is probably more familiar from his founding the Good Food Guide, and/or his writing about wine, than his crime fiction, of which there wasn’t very much.
Raymond W. Postgate has 33 books on Goodreads with 3238 ratings. Raymond W. Postgate’s most popular book is The Outline of History, Vol. 1 (of 2).
Raymond Postgate’s political sympathies lay. Postgate (1896–1971), the son of a professor, came from a wealthy family, and studied at St. John’s College, Oxford, but he rebelled against his father’s conservatism. After becoming a pacifist, he served a brief prison sentence for refusing to be conscripted; in
