Thompson, Laura
Rex v Edith Thompson: A Tale of Two Murders
- ISBN 13:
- 9781784082468
- author:
- Thompson, Laura
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Head of Zeus
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 448
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 centimetres (0.33 kg
- Genre:
- Biography, Women, Nonfiction,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
Rex V. Edith Thompson A Tale of Two Murders by Laura Thompson In 1922, a tragic event shook the quiet suburb of Ilford, leaving a trail of death and destruction in its wake. The case of Edith Thompson and her husband Percy's murder would become a dark parable of society's vilification of women, and a testament to the devastating consequences of a love affair gone wrong. Edith's trial for murder was a sensationalised media event, with her love letters to her lover, Frederick Bywaters, being read out in court. The letters, though ambiguous, were used to seal her fate, and Edith was hanged for the murder of her husband in January 1923. But was Edith truly guilty? Laura Thompson's masterful investigation into the events surrounding Edith's trial and execution sheds new light on the perceptions of women in early twentieth-century Britain, and the tragic consequences of a society that failed to understand the complexities of the human heart.
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