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'Sensational. The most minutely researched and brilliantly told account ever' MAIL ON SUNDAY. Laura Thompson re-examines the truths behind one of post-war Britain's most notorious murders: the bludgeoning to death of nanny Sandra Rivett in a Belgravia basement on 7 November 1974. Lord Lucan, found guilty of the murder, was only granted a death certificate in 2016. His wife Veronica – last surviving participant in this dark episode – died in September 2017. In this revised edition, Laura Thompson sheds new light on the volatile mental state of Veronica Lucan, and on the theories surrounding the murder, to which she adds a new, extraordinary and shocking possibility.

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Sensational. The most minutely researched and brilliantly told account ever * Mail on Sunday *
A compelling new examination of the crime... A superb anatomy of a murder' * Independent *
Gripping. An exceptionally thorough investigation into the lives of Lord and Lady Lucan * Daily Mail *
Tantalises with fresh evidence * Daily Telegraph *
Thompson approaches the mystery with forensic skill, [reaching] a suitably enigmatic conclusion * Daily Mail *

A Different Class of Murder: The Story of Lord

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 8 February 2018
      ISBN-13 9781788543835
      978-1788543835
      ISBN-10 1788543831
      Also in:
      Biography True crime

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      'Sensational. The most minutely researched and brilliantly told account ever' MAIL ON SUNDAY. Laura Thompson re-examines the truths behind one of post-war Britain's most notorious murders: the bludgeoning to death of nanny Sandra Rivett in a Belgravia basement on 7 November 1974. Lord Lucan, found guilty of the murder, was only granted a death certificate in 2016. His wife Veronica – last surviving participant in this dark episode – died in September 2017. In this revised edition, Laura Thompson sheds new light on the volatile mental state of Veronica Lucan, and on the theories surrounding the murder, to which she adds a new, extraordinary and shocking possibility.

      Trade Review
      Sensational. The most minutely researched and brilliantly told account ever * Mail on Sunday *
      A compelling new examination of the crime... A superb anatomy of a murder' * Independent *
      Gripping. An exceptionally thorough investigation into the lives of Lord and Lady Lucan * Daily Mail *
      Tantalises with fresh evidence * Daily Telegraph *
      Thompson approaches the mystery with forensic skill, [reaching] a suitably enigmatic conclusion * Daily Mail *

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