Crippen
The Mild Murderer
Tom Cullen(Author)
Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 24. November 1988
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-14-010942-9 (ISBN)
Description
A biography of Dr Crippen who is remembered as the quarry in a thrilling chase which ended in his capture in 1910. His mistress Ethel Leneve, who was disguised as a boy, had become the object of a world-wide hue and cry after the headless, armless torso of Mrs Crippen had been found buried beneath a cellar floor. Crippen was hanged, but certain aspects of the case were never cleared up. He had endured Mrs Crippen's shrewishness and her infidelities for 17 years. But Ethel had been his mistress for three years with the wife's knowledge. Cullen maintains that Crippen's love for Ethel Leneve, for whom he risked his life, does much to transform what otherwise would have been just another sordid crime passionel.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
illustrations; portraits
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
196 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-010942-9 (9780140109429)
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Schweitzer Classification