ABOUT THE BOOK

In this powerful and panoramic book, barrister Sadakat Kadri chronicles 4000 years of courtroom drama, traversing the marble courtrooms of Athens, the torture chambers of the Inquisition, the judicial theatres of Salem and the show trials of 1930s Moscow to explore issues of justice and vengeance, secrecy and spectacle, and superstition and reason that still resonate in today's world.