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Description: The letters that led to Edith Thompson's execution in 1923, collected in print for the first time by the award - winning author of Rex vs Edith Thompson. A hundred years ago on the night of 3 October 1922, a thirty - two - year - old clerk named Percy Thompson was stabbed to death as he walked home to his suburban villa in Ilford. With him was his wife twenty - eight - year - old Edith. His killer was Edith's lover: Frederick Bywaters a merchant seaman aged twenty. Bywaters was hanged for murder on 9 January 1923. So too was Edith Thompson. Despite a lack of any tangible evidence linking her to the murder Edith found herself condemned by a society steeped in sexism. What sealed her fate were the letters she had penned to her lover which were interpreted by the law as incitement to murder. These letters are remarkable documents. Charged with the vitality of Edith's voice they are moving perplexing maddening banal spectacularly sensual infused with a stream - of - consciousness immediacy. And they have never been collected in print until now. In Au Revoir Now Darlint Laura Thompson author of the CW a Gold Dagger - shortlisted Rex vs Edith Thompson gathers the letters together alongside illuminating commentary to tell the remarkable story of a woman ahead of her time and an extraordinary imagination that ultimately led to appalling tragedy.
Title: Au Revoir Now Darlint The Letters Of Edith Thompson
Brand: Unbound
Barcode: 9781800182462
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 12/3/2024
Category: True Crime
Description: The letters that led to Edith Thompson's execution in 1923, collected in print for the first time by the award - winning author of Rex vs Edith Thompson. A hundred years ago on the night of 3 October 1922, a thirty - two - year - old clerk named Percy Thompson was stabbed to death as he walked home to his suburban villa in Ilford. With him was his wife twenty - eight - year - old Edith. His killer was Edith's lover: Frederick Bywaters a merchant seaman aged twenty. Bywaters was hanged for murder on 9 January 1923. So too was Edith Thompson. Despite a lack of any tangible evidence linking her to the murder Edith found herself condemned by a society steeped in sexism. What sealed her fate were the letters she had penned to her lover which were interpreted by the law as incitement to murder. These letters are remarkable documents. Charged with the vitality of Edith's voice they are moving perplexing maddening banal spectacularly sensual infused with a stream - of - consciousness immediacy. And they have never been collected in print until now. In Au Revoir Now Darlint Laura Thompson author of the CW a Gold Dagger - shortlisted Rex vs Edith Thompson gathers the letters together alongside illuminating commentary to tell the remarkable story of a woman ahead of her time and an extraordinary imagination that ultimately led to appalling tragedy.
Title: Au Revoir Now Darlint The Letters Of Edith Thompson
Brand: Unbound
Barcode: 9781800182462
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 12/3/2024
Category: True Crime
