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Mr Atherstone Leaves the Stage The Battersea Murder Mystery: A Twisting and Tragic Tale of Love, Jealousy and Violence in the age of Vaudeville
Richard Whittington-Egan
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Paperback. The murder of popular vaudeville actor Thomas Weldon Atherstone in 1910 remains one of Britain's great unsolved mysteries. Expert Ripperologist Richard Whittington-Egan investigates. Num Pages: 224 pages, 36. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 23. Weight in Grams: 210.
This is the first book to tell the story of the Sherlockian mystery that is the classic London Battersea Flat Murder. On a beautiful July evening in 1910, Thomas Weldon Atherstone, at forty-seven a handsome and popular actor, was found dying on the ground at the foot of an iron staircase running down the back of a mansion block hard by Battersea Park, in south London. He had been shot. Some 104 years later, who shot him and why he was killed remains a total mystery. Earlier on the evening of his death, Atherstone had gone to the Battersea ... Read more
This is the first book to tell the story of the Sherlockian mystery that is the classic London Battersea Flat Murder. On a beautiful July evening in 1910, Thomas Weldon Atherstone, at forty-seven a handsome and popular actor, was found dying on the ground at the foot of an iron staircase running down the back of a mansion block hard by Battersea Park, in south London. He had been shot. Some 104 years later, who shot him and why he was killed remains a total mystery. Earlier on the evening of his death, Atherstone had gone to the Battersea ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445645445
SKU
V9781445645445
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Ref
99-99
About Richard Whittington-Egan
Richard Whittington-Egan spent thirty years as a journalist with Associated Newspapers (Daily Mail) and is a well-respected true-crime writer. He has been pursuing the study of Jack the Ripper for longer than anyone else alive. As a boy, he talked to people who had lived through the Ripper's activities. He has also acted as a reader and adviser on crime ... Read more
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