A tale of two murders : guilt, innocence, and the execution of Edith Thompson
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New York : Pegasus Books, 2018.
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First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
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9781681778716, 1681778718
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440 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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Medford - Adult Nonfiction364.1523 THOAvailable
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Published
New York : Pegasus Books, 2018.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781681778716, 1681778718

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-432) and index.
Description
A Tale of Two Murders is an engrossing examination of the Ilford murder, which became a legal cause celè€bre in the 1920s, and led to the hanging of Edith Thompson and her lover, Freddy Bywaters. On the night of October 3, 1922, as Edith and her husband, Percy, were walking home from the theatre, a man sprang out of the darkness and stabbed Percy to death. The assailant was none other than Bywaters. When the police discovered his relationship with Edith, she--who had denied knowledge of the attack--was arrested as his accomplice. Her passionate love letters to Bywaters, read out at the ensuing trial, sealed her fate, even though Bywaters insisted Edith had no part in planning the murder. They were both hanged. Freddy was demonstrably guilty; but was Edith truly so? In shattering detail and with masterful emotional insight, Laura Thompson charts the course of a liaison with thrice-fatal consequences, and investigates what a troubling case tells us about perceptions of women, innocence, and guilt.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Thompson, L. (2018). A tale of two murders: guilt, innocence, and the execution of Edith Thompson (First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.). Pegasus Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Thompson, Laura, 1964-. 2018. A Tale of Two Murders: Guilt, Innocence, and the Execution of Edith Thompson. Pegasus Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Thompson, Laura, 1964-. A Tale of Two Murders: Guilt, Innocence, and the Execution of Edith Thompson Pegasus Books, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Thompson, Laura. A Tale of Two Murders: Guilt, Innocence, and the Execution of Edith Thompson First Pegasus Books hardcover edition., Pegasus Books, 2018.

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