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Author: Edgar Lustgarten

📘 The murder and the trial by Edgar Lustgarten

In *The Murder and the Trial*, Edgar Lustgarten examines seventeen significant criminal cases from the Victorian period through the Edwardian era and up to World War II. Combining brief essays with BBC radio transcripts, he revisits cases such as the Lizzie Borden trial, a forging scandal in the Parnell affair, and various homicide and fraud schemes. Lustgarten’s analysis delves into the personalities and motives of both defendants and victims, evaluates verdicts for certainty or doubt, and illuminates the courtroom atmosphere, forensic contention, and legal arguments that shape each outcome.

First publish date: 1958

Genre: Crime Fiction/Criminal Underworld

Authors: Edgar Lustgarten

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