The poisonous solicitor : the true story of a 1920s murder mystery
Bates, Stephen, 1954-2022
Books, Manuscripts
In 1922, Major Herbert Armstrong, a Hay-on-Wye solicitor, was found guilty of, and executed for, poisoning his wife, Katharine, with arsenic. Armstrong's case has all the ingredients of a classic murder mystery, from a plot by Agatha Christie or Dorothy Sayers. It is a near-perfect whodunnit. 100 years later, Stephen Bates examines and retells the story of the case, evoking the period and atmosphere of the early 1920s, a time of newspaper sensationalism, hypocrisy and sanctimonious morality.
Main title:
The poisonous solicitor : the true story of a 1920s murder mystery / Stephen Bates.
Author:
Bates, Stephen, 1954-, author
Imprint:
London : Icon, 2022.
Collation:
xii, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781785788178 (hbk)
Dewey class:
364.1523092364.152309364.152309 BAT
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3256939