'A case study in human frailty, jealousy and desire ...
fascinating.' The Times, Best Books of 2019 'Meticulously
researched...superbly evocative and gripping...a narrative that
builds with the intensity of an approaching thunderstorm.' The
Spectator 'Sean O'Connor can't resist striking a theatrical note in
this "biography of murder".' Sunday Times Adultery, alcoholism,
drugs and murder on the suburban streets of Bournemouth. The
Rattenbury case of 1935 was one of the great tabloid sensations of
the interwar period. The glamorous femme fatale at the heart of the
story dominated the front pages for months, somewhere between the
rise of Hitler and the launch of the Queen Mary. With painstaking
research and access to brand new evidence, Sean O'Connor vividly
brings this epic story to life, from its beginnings in the south
London slums of the 1880s and the open vistas of the British
Columbian coast to its bloody climax in a respectable English
seaside resort. The Fatal Passion of Alma Rattenbury is a gripping
murder tale and a heartbreaking romance, as well as the biography
of a vital, modern woman trapped between the freedoms of two world
wars and suffocated by the conformity of peacetime. A startlingly
prescient parable for our times, it is the story of a protagonist
who dared to challenge the status quo only to be crucified by
public opinion, pilloried by the press and punished by the
relentless machinery of the British legal system. With a wealth of
fascinating period detail, from its breathtaking opening to its
shocking conclusion, The Fatal Passion of Alma Rattenbury is a true
story as enthralling, provocative and moving as any work of
fiction.
General
| Imprint: |
Simon & Schuster
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
March 2020 |
| Authors: |
Sean O'Connor
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 130 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
| Pages: |
496 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4711-3272-8 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
True stories >
Crime
|
| LSN: |
1-4711-3272-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781471132728 |
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