by JillDawson (Author)
In 1922, Edith Thompson and her young lover Frederick were tried for the murder of Edith's husband. The sensational trial unravelled an illicit love affair, a backstreet abortion, domestic violence, murder and finally a double execution. This novel is interspersed with imaginary scenes and monlogues as well as real and imagined letters.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 280
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: Sceptre
Published: 17 Aug 2000
ISBN 10: 0340751665
ISBN 13: 9780340751664
Prizes: Shortlisted for Orange Prize for Fiction 2001 and Whitbread Book Awards: Novel Category 2000.