Story of a Murder
The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen
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Narrateur(s):
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Juliet Stevenson
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Auteur(s):
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Hallie Rubenhold
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*The International Bestseller*
This is the story of a murder, not a murderer . . .
In this epic examination of one of the most infamous murders of the twentieth century, bestselling author of The Five, Hallie Rubenhold, gives voice to those who were never properly heard—the women.
On February 1, 1910, the vivacious, diamond-adorned music hall performer Belle Elmore suddenly vanished from her home, causing alarm among her friends, the entertainers of the Music Hall Ladies’ Guild. Their demands for an investigation would lead to the unearthing of a gruesome secret and trigger a fevered international manhunt for Belle’s husband, medical fraudster Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen.
Ethel Le Neve, Crippen’s typist and lover, who fled with Crippen in disguise, has always hidden in the shadows of this tale--was she really just "an innocent young girl" in thrall to a powerful older man? And was there an equally sinister story behind the death of Crippen’s first wife, Charlotte?
Brimming with twists and featuring a carnival cast of eccentric entertainers, star lawyers, zealous detectives, medics and liars, Story of a Murder offers an electrifying snapshot of Britain and America at the dawn of the modern era.
©2025 Hallie Rubenhold (P)2025 Penguin AudioCe que les critiques en disent
"Story of a Murder is essential reading for anyone who may believe the past was a gentler, romantic time for women. Rubenhold’s work is a story of female resilience and solidarity in response to terrible circumstances, a theme that, alas, is as timely as ever." —New York Times Book Review
"Thoroughly footnoted with a robust bibliography, Story of a Murder is another model of what literary “true” crime ought to be: a refreshing read appealing even to those who don’t care for “true” crime and a guide for any writer contemplating a project in vintage murder." —LA Daily Mirror
"Story of a Murder masterfully reinvestigates an infamous case in a thoroughly modern way, revealing the women behind the gruesome headlines and restoring dignity to Belle Elmore." —Bookpage
"The same tenor of insightful indignation that made The Five such gripping reading fills the pages of Story of a Murder and fleshes out not only Belle and Ethel but also the ladies of the Ladies' Guild, the intrepid female journalists of the time, and what little can be cobbled together about Crippen's first wife, Charlotte, whose death in 1892 struck plenty of people at the time as mighty odd."—Open Letters Review
“Painstaking research, married to a novelist's instinct for storytelling, make each new book by Hallie Rubenhold a gripping and educational adventure. Story of a Murder takes us beyond the infamous Dr Crippen to the lives impacted by him, the society in which he moved, and the public's appetite to be shocked and scandalized. Terrific.” —Ian Rankin, #1 New York Times and international bestselling author