CRIMINAL JUSTICE The True Story of Edith Thompson.

Paperback. Since her execution at Holloway Prison in 1923, Edith Thompson has haunted the conscience of the nation. Grave doubts were expressed at the time about the extent to which she was responsible for her husband's murder in Ilford by her handsome young lover, Frederick Bywaters. It was the last double hanging in the 20th-century. The Home Office files on the case were marked not to be opened for 100 years. Illus., Sources and Index. 331pp. p/back. With the usual lightly browned pp., previous owner's name plate to ffep o/w Vg+ with minimal creasing to covers.