• Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen - Hardcover
Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen
Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen

    Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen - Hardcover

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    by Hallie Rubenhold (Author)

    This is the story of a murder, not a murderer . . .

    In this epic examination of one of the most infamous murders of the twentieth century, bestselling author of The Five, Hallie Rubenhold, gives voice to those who were never properly heard--the women.

    On February 1, 1910, the vivacious, diamond-adorned music hall performer Belle Elmore suddenly vanished from her home, causing alarm among her friends, the entertainers of the Music Hall Ladies' Guild. Their demands for an investigation would lead to the unearthing of a gruesome secret and trigger a fevered international manhunt for Belle's husband, medical fraudster Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen.

    Ethel Le Neve, Crippen's typist and lover, who fled with Crippen in disguise, has always hidden in the shadows of this tale--was she really just "an innocent young girl" in thrall to a powerful older man? And was there an equally sinister story behind the death of Crippen's first wife, Charlotte?

    Brimming with twists and featuring a carnival cast of eccentric entertainers, star lawyers, zealous detectives, medics and liars, STORY OF A MURDER offers an electrifying snapshot of Britain and America at the dawn of the modern era.

    Author Biography

    Hallie Rubenhold is a bestselling author and Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize-winning social historian whose expertise lies in revealing stories of previously unknown women and episodes in history. As well as The Covent Garden Ladies, Rubenhold's works of nonfiction include the award-winning and national bestselling The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper and Lady Worsley's Whim, dramatized by the BBC as "The Scandalous Lady W." Her latest work of nonfiction, Story of a Murder, the story of the disappeared wives and partner of Dr. Crippen, is due to be published in 2025. She has also written two acclaimed novels, Mistress of My Fate and The French Lesson, which are feminist homages to the literary tropes of the eighteenth century. She lives in London with her husband. Meet her @HallieRubenhold.

    Number of Pages: 512
    Dimensions: 1.62 x 9.22 x 6.37 IN
    Illustrated: Yes
    Publication Date: March 25, 2025
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