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Dr. Crippen: Crime Archive
Katherine Watson
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Description for Dr. Crippen: Crime Archive
Hardcover. Dr Crippen's murder of his wife Cora has stuck in the public imagination for many reasons. This work combines a narrative with facts from witness statements, and police reports. Num Pages: 112 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 234.
Dr Crippen's murder of his wife Cora has stuck in the public imagination for many reasons: the harmless demeanour of this cold-blooded poisoner; the flamboyant victim; and, the dismembered body in the cellar at the infamous 39 Hilldrop Crescent - and not forgetting a dramatic police chase which caught Crippen and his mistress Ethel le Neve halfway across the Atlantic. The story has all the best ingredients: sex and love, secrets and lies, but it is the detail from the documents that fascinates, such as Crippen's account of marital bickering that preceded his wife's disappearance, and the daily media accounts ... Read more
Dr Crippen's murder of his wife Cora has stuck in the public imagination for many reasons: the harmless demeanour of this cold-blooded poisoner; the flamboyant victim; and, the dismembered body in the cellar at the infamous 39 Hilldrop Crescent - and not forgetting a dramatic police chase which caught Crippen and his mistress Ethel le Neve halfway across the Atlantic. The story has all the best ingredients: sex and love, secrets and lies, but it is the detail from the documents that fascinates, such as Crippen's account of marital bickering that preceded his wife's disappearance, and the daily media accounts ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
National Archives
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905615155
SKU
V9781905615155
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About Katherine Watson
Dr Katherine Watson of Oxford Brookes University is an expert on the history of crime and medicine, and especially poisoning crimes. Her publications include the acclaimed Poisoned Lives: English Poisoners and their Victims (2004).
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