Against Their Will: Sadistic Kidnappers and the Courageous Stories of Their Innocent Victims
Jun 2012 · Simon and Schuster
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Real-life accounts of harrowing abductions and resilient survivors from the author of Prince Andrew: Epstein, Maxwell and the Palace.
True stories of twisted criminals who hold their victims in endless captivity to satisfy their perverse desires, Against Their Will is a comprehensive compendium of the most disturbing kidnappings of all time.
“Not for the faint of heart.” —Series & TV
True stories of twisted criminals who hold their victims in endless captivity to satisfy their perverse desires, Against Their Will is a comprehensive compendium of the most disturbing kidnappings of all time.
- Jaycee Lee Dugard—lived to tell the tale of her eighteen years of captivity in paroled rapist Phillip Garrido’s suburban backyard
- Elizabeth Smart—bravely held on for nine long months in a forced marriage to religious fanatic Brian David Mitchell, who repeatedly raped her in the name of God
- Elisabeth Fritzl—amazingly overcame twenty-four years trapped in a basement dungeon built especially for her by her father, Josef
- Colleen Stan—heroically endured seven years as a sex slave, brutally tortured with the full consent of her captor’s wife
- Tina Marie Risico—escaped certain death at the hands of a killer by being an unwilling accomplice in other kidnappings
“Not for the faint of heart.” —Series & TV
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Lisa Webber
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February 19, 2017
The book kept freezing and error messages kept coming up. This has only happened with this book. It's a shame as I was enjoying it
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Sylvia Foster
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May 24, 2018
Hard to put down. Great book, with such sad stories.
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Debbie Smith
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July 26, 2015
True story of kidnappings
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About the author
Nigel Cawthorne has written over 100 books including Jack the Ripper's Secret Confession, Spree Killers, Sex Killers, Satanic Murder, Killers - the Most Barbaric Murderers of Our Time,The World's Ten Most Evil Men, House of Horrors, Pirates of the 21st Century, Underbelly UK: Vigilantes, Australian True Crime, The World's Most Evil Gangsters, Lone Gunmen, A History of the Mafia, The Mammoth Book of Killers at Large, Football Hooligans, The World's Worst Atrocities and The Mammoth Book of New CSI.
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