NORTHAMPTONSHIRE TALES OF MYSTERY & MURDER

Softcover. Each county holds within it a story of amazing mysteries and chilling murders. Northamptonshire is no exception. This collection includes the fascinating stories of Herr Von Treck, a Nazi spy who lived amongst the county set in 1930's Guilsborough; an unidentified man found burnt to death in a car at Hardingstone; the scandalous life of Lord Cardigan of Deene Park who wass known as the 'Homicidal Earl'; the ghostly widow who haunted her cottage in Barby until her bills were paid; and the grizzly discovery of a headless torso in a Northampton ditch. Other tales include the woman who bungled three attempts before murdering her husband at Charwelton; John Kurde, a shoemaker from Syresham who was burnt at the stake during the intolerant reign of Bloody Mary; the ghost of an American airman who spoke to the Duchess of Gloucester in her gardens at Barnwell Manor; the mysterious portrait of a Hawaiian princess at Harrowden Hall near Wellingborough; and the tortured soul of Hugh la Zouche which roamed the corridors of Rockingham Castle. Illus. 127pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.