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A Fine Day for a Hanging: The Ruth Ellis Story
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A Fine Day for a Hanging: The Ruth Ellis Story Paperback - 2013

by Carol Ann Lee

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In 1955, former night club manageress Ruth Ellis shot her lover, David Blakely. Following a trial that lasted less than two days, she was found guilty and sentenced to death. She became the last woman to be hanged in Britain, and her execution is the most notorious of hangman Albert Pierrepoint's "duties." Despite Ruth's infamy, the story of her life has never been fully told. Often willfully misinterpreted, the reality behind the headlines was buried by an avalanche of hearsay. But now, through new interviews and comprehensive research into previously unpublished sources, Carol Ann Lee examines the facts without agenda or sensation. A portrait of the era and an evocation of 1950s club life in all its seedy glamour, "A Fine Day for a Hanging" sets Ruth's gripping story firmly in its historical context in order to tell the truth about both her timeless crime and a punishment that was very much of its time.

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  • Title A Fine Day for a Hanging: The Ruth Ellis Story
  • Author Carol Ann Lee
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st edition.
  • Pages 445
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh
  • Publication date 2013-05-28
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781780575261 / 1780575262
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.3 x 1.3 in (21.34 x 13.46 x 3.30 cm)
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Trials (Murder) - Great Britain, Murderers - Great Britain
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2012545123
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Carol Ann Lee is a biographerwho has written extensively on the Holocaust. Herbooks include "Anne Frank and the Children of the Holocaust," "The Hidden Life of Otto Frank," and "The Winter of the World.""

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