Ce journaliste et auteur britannique s'est fait connaître par ses campagnes en faveur des personnes condamnées à tort, se concentrant sur des affaires de meurtre. Il a consacré sa carrière journalistique à la découverte de la vérité et à l'examen des injustices sociales. Ses œuvres littéraires s'inspirent souvent d'événements réels, dans lesquels il dissèque les destins humains et les erreurs judiciaires avec précision et empathie. Les écrits de Kennedy représentent un puissant appel à la justice et à la pensée critique.
In May 1941, the German battleship Bismark, then the most formidable fighting ship afloat, escaped into the Atlantic, posing a terrible threat to the convoys that kept Britain supplied. This book gives a first hand account of the pursuit and sinking of the Bismark.
The 36 murders of the title are those for which convicted men were either executed or served long terms of imprisonment for crimes which they were later found not to have committed. The two immoral earnings refers to the case of Stephen Ward of Profumo fame. Ludovic Kennedy asks what lessons are to be learned, looking at police corruption and judicial complacency in this miscarriages of justice.
In these memoirs, Ludovic Kennedy recalls a life of great richness and diversity as naval hero, historian, journalist, Liberal politician, campaigner against miscarriages of justice and television pundit. Married to Moira Shearer, he describes their travels, their friends and their life together.
Lord Nelson's brilliant naval strategy and unparalleled command gave Britain total supremacy at sea and made him a national hero. Much of his success, however, was also due to the "Band of Brothers" under his command; the most loyal and dedicated officers that the Royal Navy had ever seen. They included Troubridge, that "dear good soul"; Hardy, with whom Nelson was always in accord; Berry, his "right hand"; Fremantle, his staunch supporter; and Hood, gentle and unaffected. Despite their different backgrounds and outlooks, they were united in their devotion to Nelson. Ludovic Kennedy skilfully interweaves the stories of these captains with that of Nelson himself to give a fast-moving and comprehensive picture of a vital decade in naval history. Alongside a vivid and scholarly account of the great battles, he provides a candid and intimate portrait of Nelson, and of his developing intrigue with Lady Hamilton and its repercussions on his relations with his captains.
Ludovic Kennedy explores the question of whether we are any longer justified in interpreting what we call God as an autonomous, sentient being, or whether the time has come to recognize him as we do all history's gods - as images created by the human mind to meet human needs.
