SCANDAL AT THE SAVOY The Infamous 1920s Murder Case.

Hardback. SIGNED. On a stifling hot July night in 1923, at the height of a violent storm, a 22-yr. old millionaire Egyptian playboy was shot dead by his beautiful French wife at the Savoy Hotel in London. The notoriety surrounding the couple, set against the backdrop of this luxurious hotel, provoked a welter of publicity and speculation which filled the papers for months. The tempestuous, strikingly attractive Marguerite Fahmy stood in the dock at the Old Bailey charged with the capital crime of murder. Stories of sexual passion and jealousy, enormous riches, and a bestial husband drew world-wide attention. The scandal of the decade. Illus., Note on Sources, Select Bibliog., Documentary Sources in Public Record Office and Index. 198pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of crime historian, Jonathan Goodman, with his embossed stamp to fep. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO JONATHAN GOODMAN + loosely inserted two-sided HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM ANDREW TO JONATHAN. F. in F. dw.