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In November 1974, a nanny named Sandra Rivett was bludgeoned to death in a Belgravia basement, and the manor's owner, Veronica, Countess of Lucan, was also attacked. The man charged as the perpetrator, Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, vanished the next morning, leaving the case officially closed yet endlessly debated. Laura Thompson, renowned biographer of Agatha Christie, uses her forensic expertise to revisit the evidence and explore the surrounding circumstances, offering fresh insight into one of postwar Britain’s most infamous murder cases. Blending social history with investigative detail, the book presents a vivid portrait of the era, its extraordinary characters, and the myth that has endured in UK popular memory.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Laura Thompson
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