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John Mortimer, creator of that irrepressible Old Bailey Hack, Rumpole, has made a selection of nine cases from the classic Penguin Famous Trials series, choosing murder cases as spine-chilling as that of George Joseph Smith and the ‘Brides in the Bath’ and as pathetically tragic as the life and death of Alma Rattenbury. Included are the tale of passionate Madeleine Smith, Conan Doyle’s defence of Oscar Slater, the story of the seemingly mild-mannered Dr Crippen who dismembered his wife and the trial and execution of Lord Haw-Haw. ISBN:9780140069242
