Criminal Justice: True Story of Edith Thompson
by René Weis
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Since her execution at Holloway prison in 1923, Edith Thompson has haunted the conscience of the nation. Grave doubts were expressed at the time about the extent to which she was responsible for her husband's murder in Ilford by her handsome young lover Frederick Bywaters. The Home Office files on the case were marked not to be opened for 100 years. The case against her rested largely on the evidence provided by 70 letters which she wrote to Bywaters. The truth is that these letters offer a show more unique insight into the workings of an overwrought romantic imagination, ultimately unable to free itself from the constraints of a suburban marriage and respectability. Through this correspondence and a painstaking reconstruction of the era, the author argues that Mrs Thompson was innocent. show lessTags
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"Criminal Justice" is a meticulous, scrupulously researched work.
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Rene Weis has written a book of substantial scholarship and as a work of forensic history it is a valuable source for those who want to understand some of the human aspects of criminal justice at the beginning of this century.
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- Original publication date
- 1988
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History
- DDC/MDS
- 942.082 — History & geography History of Europe England and Wales England 1837- Edward VII 1901-10
- LCC
- HV6248 .T4 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Criminal classes
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- Languages
- English
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- ISBNs
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