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Book

The last woman to be hanged : the Ruth Ellis story

Call Number

  • 364.1523 H235 (OSH)

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Edition

Paperback edition.

Publication Information

London : Seven Dials, 2020.

Physical Description

vii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Uniform Title

Ruth Ellis

Summary

In July 1955 Ruth Ellis was sentenced to death for the shooting of her lover, motor-racing driver David Blakely. Barely three months later she was executed at Holloway prison. In this book, Robert Hancock sets the record straight. Using official documents including the transcript of her trial at the Old Bailey, he unlocks the full, secret background to the story of the last woman to be hanged in Britain. Meticulous and fair in its analysis, The Last Woman to be Hanged is an absorbing portrait of the tragic life of a young woman, a vivid snapshot of an era and a gripping account of a notorious case that shocked the nation.

Notes

"First published as Ruth Ellis in Great Britain in 1963 by George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd"--Verso.

Contents

  • Death on Easter Sunday
  • Ruth Ellis
  • David Blakely
  • The Findlaters and lover boy
  • Ruth's alternative lover
  • The week of decision
  • Holloway
  • An eye for an eye
  • The gun
  • Epilogue.

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