WARWICKSHIRE MURDERS

Softcover. Warwickshire has seen its fair share of murder down the centuries. This latest collection explores notorious crimes from the 19th and early 20th centuries, using contemporary documents, trial transcripts and newspaper accounts to examine cases that gripped both the county and the nation. This book is a powerful and fascinating reappraisal of some of the most brutal and gruesome killings in the county's history. Among the stories included are the case of Edwin James Moore, who set fire to his mother after an argument over supper at Leamington Spa in 1907, the Coventry bombings in 1939, for which 2 men were executed in February 1940, and the case of Thomas Ball, who was poisoned by his wife in 1848. She was later tried and executed in Coventry and was the last woman to be executed in public. From Warwick to Rugby, from Coventry to Nuneaton and from Stratford to Leamington Spa, this book is a unique re-examination of the darker side of the county's past. Illus., Index. 154pp. 8vo. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Review copy with loosely inserted slip. F.