{"product_id":"9781471132728","title":"The Fatal Passion of Alma Rattenbury","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): O'Connor, Sean, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 05\/03\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 496 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: True crime\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781471132728\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdultery, alcoholism, drugs and murder on the suburban streets of Bournemouth. The Rattenbury case of 1935 was one of the great tabloid sensations of the interwar period.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe glamorous femme fatale at the heart of the story dominated the front pages for months, somewhere between the rise of Hitler and the launch of the Queen Mary. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith painstaking research and access to brand new evidence, Sean O'Connor vividly brings this epic story to life, from its beginnings in the south London slums of the 1880s and the open vistas of the British Columbian coast to its bloody climax in a respectable English seaside resort. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Fatal Passion of Alma Rattenbury is a gripping murder tale and a heartbreaking romance, as well as the biography of a vital, modern woman trapped between the freedoms of two world wars and suffocated by the conformity of peacetime.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA startlingly prescient parable for our times, it is the story of a protagonist who dared to challenge the status quo only to be crucified by public opinion, pilloried by the press and punished by the relentless machinery of the British legal system. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith a wealth of fascinating period detail, from its breathtaking opening to its shocking conclusion, The Fatal Passion of Alma Rattenbury is a true story as enthralling, provocative and moving as any work of fiction. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022676295833,"sku":"9781471132728","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781471132728.jpg?v=1602536929","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781471132728","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}