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Mr Crippen, Cora and the Body in the Basement (Paperback)
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Mr Crippen, Cora and the Body in the Basement (Paperback)
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Loot Price R395
Discovery Miles 3 950
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It was an open and shut case. Hawley Harvey Crippen, an American
quack doctor, had murdered his wife, the music hall performer Belle
Elmore, and buried parts of her body in the coal cellar of their
North London home. But by the time the remains were discovered he
had fled the country with his mistress disguised as his son. After
a thrilling chase across the ocean he was caught, returned to
England, tried and hanged, remembered forever after as the
quintessential domestic murderer. But if it was as straightforward
as the prosecution alleged, why did he leave only some of the body
in his house, when he had successfully disposed of the head, limbs
and bones elsewhere? Why did he stick so doggedly to a plea of
complete innocence, when he might have made a sympathetic case for
manslaughter? Why did he make no effort to cover his tracks if he
really had been planning a murder? These and other questions
remained tantalising mysteries for almost a century, until new DNA
tests conducted in America exploded everything we thought we knew
for sure about the story. This book, the first to make full use of
this astonishing new evidence, considers its implications for our
understanding of the case, and suggests where the real truth might
lie.
General
Imprint: |
Pen & Sword True Crime
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Authors: |
Matthew Coniam
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback
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ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-00976-8 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-399-00976-1 |
Barcode: |
9781399009768 |
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