Doctor Crippen

Author : John Boyne
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429901796

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Crippen by John Boyne Pdf

July 1910: A gruesome discovery has been made at 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Camden. Chief Inspector Walter Dew of Scotland Yard did not expect the house to be empty. Nor did he expect to find a body in the cellar. Buried under the flagstones are the remains of Cora Crippen, former music-hall singer and wife of Dr. Hawley Crippen. No one would have thought the quiet, unassuming Dr. Crippen capable of murder, yet the doctor and his mistress have disappeared from London, and now a full-scale hunt for them has begun. Across the Channel in Antwerp, the S.S. Montrose has just set off on its two-week voyage to North America. Slipping in among the first-class passengers is a Mr. John Robinson, accompanied by his teenage son, Edmund. The pair may be hoping for a quiet, private voyage, but in the close confines of a luxury ocean liner, anonymity is rare. And with others aboard looking for romance, or violence, or escape from their past in Europe, it will take more than just luck for the Robinsons to survive the voyage unnoticed. An accomplished, intricately plotted novel, John Boyne's Crippen brilliantly reimagines the amazing escape attempt of one of history's most notorious killers and marks the outstanding American debut of one of Ireland's best young novelists.

Author : Nicholas Connell
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-15
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781445620206

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Doctor Crippen by Nicholas Connell Pdf

When Scotland Yard found the remains of Doctor Crippen’s wife under the cellar floor of their London home, a trial began that would fascinate and shock the world. In this carefully researched, gripping book, the whole remarkable story unfolds

Author : Richard Gordon
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780755147144

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The Private Life Of Doctor Crippen by Richard Gordon Pdf

Doctor Crippen's murder of his wife ranks among the most notorious crimes of the twentieth century. Richard Gordon skilfully recreates the chilling atmosphere of the murder - and how it shook respectable society to the core. Using the character as his case study, Gordon also reveals the conflicting suavity and savagery of the Edwardian age.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:24503399940

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The Trial of Hawley Harvey Crippen by Anonim Pdf

Author : Max Constantine-Quinn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1935
Category : Murder
ISBN : STANFORD:36105044063704

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Doctor Crippen by Max Constantine-Quinn Pdf

Author : Roger Dalrymple
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783275083

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Crippen by Roger Dalrymple Pdf

How did the case of the 'mild mannered murderer', Hawley Harvey Crippen, come to have such an enduring cultural resonance?

Author : Katherine Watson
Publisher : A&C Black Business Information and Development
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105130568178

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Dr Crippen by Katherine Watson Pdf

Dr Crippen's murder of his wife Cora has stuck in the public imagination for many reasons. This work combines a narrative with facts from witness statements, and police reports.

Author : Matthew Coniam
Publisher : Pen and Sword True Crime
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781399009737

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Mr Crippen, Cora and the Body in the Basement by Matthew Coniam Pdf

It was an 'open and shut' case. Hawley Harvey Crippen, an American quack doctor, had murdered his wife, the music hall performer Belle Elmore, and buried parts of her body in the coal cellar of their North London home. But by the time the remains were discovered he had fled the country with his mistress disguised as his son. After a thrilling chase across the ocean he was caught, returned to England, tried and hanged, remembered forever after as the quintessential domestic murderer. But if it was as straightforward as the prosecution alleged, why did he leave only some of the body in his house, when he had successfully disposed of the head, limbs and bones elsewhere? Why did he stick so doggedly to a plea of complete innocence, when he might have made a sympathetic case for manslaughter? Why did he make no effort to cover his tracks if he really had been planning a murder? These and other questions remained tantalising mysteries for almost a century, until new DNA tests conducted in America exploded everything we thought we knew for sure about the story. This book, the first to make full use of this astonishing new evidence, considers its implications for our understanding of the case, and suggests where the real truth might lie.

Author : Emlyn Williams
Publisher : Sphere
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0708839290

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Dr. Crippen's Diary by Emlyn Williams Pdf

Author : Jan Bondeson
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781800466579

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Doctor Poison by Jan Bondeson Pdf

One of the most notorious Victorian murders was committed by Dr George Henry Lamson, who stood trial in 1882 for poisoning his crippled brother-in-law Percy Malcolm John; he was found guilty, sentenced to death, and executed.

Author : Nicholas Connell
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006-10-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780752495446

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Walter Dew by Nicholas Connell Pdf

Based on original research and using hitherto material, this book tells the story of Dew's life, from his humble beginnings as a seed merchant's clerk to chief inspector at Scotland Yard in charge of the most celebrated murder investigation of the twentieth century.

Author : Erik Larson
Publisher : Crown
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307351920

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Thunderstruck by Erik Larson Pdf

A true story of love, murder, and the end of the world’s “great hush.” In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication—whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time. Set in Edwardian London and on the stormy coasts of Cornwall, Cape Cod, and Nova Scotia, Thunderstruck evokes the dynamism of those years when great shipping companies competed to build the biggest, fastest ocean liners; scientific advances dazzled the public with visions of a world transformed; and the rich outdid one another with ostentatious displays of wealth. Against this background, Marconi races against incredible odds and relentless skepticism to perfect his invention: the wireless, a prime catalyst for the emergence of the world we know today. Meanwhile, Crippen, “the kindest of men,” nearly commits the perfect murder. With his unparalleled narrative skills, Erik Larson guides us through a relentlessly suspenseful chase over the waters of the North Atlantic. Along the way, he tells of a sad and tragic love affair that was described on the front pages of newspapers around the world, a chief inspector who found himself strangely sympathetic to the killer and his lover, and a driven and compelling inventor who transformed the way we communicate.

Author : Filson Young
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781448214310

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Trial of H.H. Crippen by Filson Young Pdf

In The Trial of H H Crippen, Filson Young compiles the transcript of one of the most famous murder trials of the early 20th century. Young gives us a clear image of the quiet, considerate doctor, and why such a man might be driven to kill his frivolous, unfaithful wife, Belle Elmore. After fleeing the country in disguise with his young mistress Ethel Le Neve, he is dramatically captured by Inspector Dew, and brought back to face justice. Here is clearly laid out all the stages of the trial, from the gruesome act itself, to the final verdict. First published in 1920, The Trial of H H Crippen sheds light not only on the elaborate layers of deceit used to cover up the heinous crime, but also on the intricate details of the trial, the fascinating word-for-word dialogue of the courtroom of 1910, and how, ultimately, a murderer was brought to justice.

Author : Phil Roxbee Cox
Publisher : Heinemann
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0435214942

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Mad, Bad and Dangerous by Phil Roxbee Cox Pdf

Part of the "High Impact" series for reluctant readers, this text is designed to motivate secondary school students with a reading age of eight to nine. Discover the cruel and crazy stories of: Vlad Dracula; Henry VIII; and Jack the Ripper.

Author : Geoffrey Howse
Publisher : Wharncliffe
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-19
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781845630997

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Murder and Mayhem in North London by Geoffrey Howse Pdf

Geoffrey Howse delves into the his crime files covering 200 years of the area's darkest past. Events covered include long forgotten cases that made the headlines in their day as well as others more famous: Britain's first railway murder, the first criminal to be caught via wireless telegraphy and the anarchists who left a trail of murder and mayhem following a raid on a Tottenham factory. There are many other cases to appeal to anyone with an interest in the local and social history of North London.