On 7 November 1974, a nanny named Sandra Rivett was bludgeoned to death in a Belgravia basement. A second woman, Veronica, Countess of Lucan, was also attacked. The man named in court as perpetrator of these crimes, Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, disappeared in the early hours of the following morning. The case, solved in the eyes of the law, has retained its fascination ever since. Laura Thompson, acclaimed biographer of Agatha Christie, narrates the story that led up to that cataclysmic event, and draws on her considerable forensic skills to re-examine the possible truths behind one of postwar Britain's most notorious murders. A DIFFERENT CLASS OF MURDER is a portrait of an era, of an extraordinary cast of characters, of a mystery, of a modern myth. Part social history, part detective story, it tells in masterly style one of the great tales of our collective living memory.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Head of Zeus
ISBN-13
9781781855362
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208804977
Product Key Features
Book Title
A Different Class of Murder
Author
Laura Thompson
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
True Crime
Publication Year
2014
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
153mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Laura Thompson
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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