Rex v Edith Thompson by Laura Thompson
The case of Edith Thompson and her lover Frederick Bywaters, both hanged for murder in 1923.
In this compelling book you enter [Edith's] world, root for her, and come out filled with rage and dismay at a society that showed her no mercy * Evening Standard *
Laura Thompson has written a stunning, passionate and unforgettable book which will hopefully bring some balance to the story of Edith Thompson and Freddy Bywaters * Shiny New Books *
Extraordinarily gripping: by turns titillating, moving, shocking, and in its final pages, producing feelings of sickened revulsion in this reader * TLS *
The Thompson-Bywaters case was one of the most lurid murder trials of the TwentiesEdith Thompson and her young love Freddy Bywaters were hanged for the murder of Edith's husband, but Laura Thompson argues passionately that he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice * Mail on Sunday, Books of the Year *
The author brilliantly evokes a world significantly different from our own in many ways – while remaining very much the same in others – and the organisation of her material is really impressive * Crime Review *
The precursor to the Villa Madeira murder. The prewar justice system exacts terrible retribution on a woman who had the temerity to take a young lover * The Times *
Laura Thompson has written a stunning, passionate and unforgettable book which will hopefully bring some balance to the story of Edith Thompson and Freddy Bywaters * Shiny New Books *
Extraordinarily gripping: by turns titillating, moving, shocking, and in its final pages, producing feelings of sickened revulsion in this reader * TLS *
The Thompson-Bywaters case was one of the most lurid murder trials of the TwentiesEdith Thompson and her young love Freddy Bywaters were hanged for the murder of Edith's husband, but Laura Thompson argues passionately that he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice * Mail on Sunday, Books of the Year *
The author brilliantly evokes a world significantly different from our own in many ways – while remaining very much the same in others – and the organisation of her material is really impressive * Crime Review *
The precursor to the Villa Madeira murder. The prewar justice system exacts terrible retribution on a woman who had the temerity to take a young lover * The Times *
Laura Thompson is the award-winning author of Life in a Cold Climate: A Biography of Nancy Mitford; A Different Class of Murder: the Story of Lord Lucan and Take Six Girls: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784082468 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784082465 |
| Title | Rex v Edith Thompson |
| Author | Laura Thompson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2018-10-04 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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