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A Tale of Two Murders: Guilt, Innocence, and the Execution of Edith Thompson
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A Tale of Two Murders: Guilt, Innocence, and the Execution of Edith Thompson

Written by Laura Thompson

Narrated by Jilly Bond

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On the night of October 3, 1922, as Edith Thompson 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 Edith's lover, Freddy Bywaters.

When the police discovered his relationship with Edith, she denied knowledge of the attack but was arrested as his accomplice. Her passionate love letters to Bywaters, read out loud 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?

This engrossing examination of the Ilford murder, which became a legal cause ce'le'bre in the 1920s, charts the course of the liaison in shattering detail and with masterful emotional insight, investigating what this troubling case tells us about perceptions of women, innocence, and guilt.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateNov 6, 2018
ISBN9781974918119
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A Tale of Two Murders: Guilt, Innocence, and the Execution of Edith Thompson
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Laura Thompson

A writer and freelance journalist, Laura Thompson won the Somerset Maugham award for her first book, The Dogs, and is also the author of the critically acclaimed biography of Nancy Mitford, Life in a Cold Climate. Her most recent book, The Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters, was a national bestseller.

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