Au Revoir Now Darlint

Au Revoir Now Darlint

As seen on Woman''s Hour, BBC Newsnight and in the Daily Telegraph A hundred years ago, on the night of 3 October 1922, a thirty-two-year-old clerk named Percy Thompson was stabbed to death as he walked home to his suburban vill......
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<blockquote><p><b>As seen on Woman''s Hour, BBC Newsnight and in the Daily Telegraph </b></p></blockquote><p>A hundred years ago, on the night of 3 October 1922, a thirty-two-year-old clerk named Percy Thompson was stabbed to death as he walked home to his suburban villa in Ilford. With him was his wife, twenty-eight-year-old Edith. His killer was Edith¿s lover: Frederick Bywaters, a merchant seaman aged twenty. Bywaters was hanged for murder on 9 January 1923. So too was Edith Thompson.<br></p><p>There was no evidence, of any kind, that she was involved with the killing. What condemned Edith were the letters that she had written to her lover, which were interpreted by the law as incitement to murder. These letters are remarkable documents. Charged with the vitality of Edith''s voice, they are moving, perplexing, maddening, banal, spectacularly sensual, infused with a stream-of-consciousness immediacy. And they have never been collected in print, until now.</p><p>In <em>Au Revoir
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A hundred years ago, on the night of 3 October 1922, a thirty-two-year-old clerk named Percy Thompson was stabbed to death as he walked home to his suburban villa in Ilford. With him was his wife, twenty-eight-year-old Edith. His killer was Edith's lover: Frederick Bywaters, a merchant seaman aged twenty.Bywaters was hanged for murder on 9 January 1923. So too was Edith Thompson. There was no evidence, of any kind, that she was involved with the killing.What condemned Edith were the letters that she had written to her lover, which were interpreted by the law as incitement to murder. These letters are remarkable documents. Charged with the vitality of Edith's voice, they are moving, perplexing, maddening, banal, spectacularly sensual, infused with a stream-of-consciousness immediacy.And they have never been collected in print, until now. In Au Revoir Now Darlint, Laura Thompson - author of the CWA Gold Dagger-shortlisted Rex vs Edith Thompson - gathers the letters together alongside illuminating commentary to tell the story of an ordinary life and an extraordinary imagination that ultimately led to appalling tragedy.

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Oppdag historien bak Au Revoir Now Darlint

Au Revoir Now Darlint tar deg med på en gripende reise inn i fortiden, der kjærlighet, hengivenhet og tragedie veves sammen i en fortelling som fortsatt berører hjerter i dag. Denne samlingen av uforglemmelige brev tar for seg fragiliteten av menneskelige relasjoner og de uventede konsekvensene av lidenskap.

En samling av hjerteknusende brev

Au Revoir Now Darlint samler de bemerkelsesverdige brevene til Edith Thompson, en kvinne hvis liv ble snudd på hodet av kjærlighetsaffæren hennes. Hver eneste linje i disse brevene gir et unikt vindu inn i hennes sinne, skuffelse og ikke minst, hennes intense kjærlighet. Boken inneholder også innsiktsfull kommentar som gir leserne en dypere forståelse av en tid preget av både romantikk og tragedie.

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  • Forfatter: Laura Thompson
  • Format: Innbundet
  • Antall sider: X sider (sett inn antall)
  • Språk: Norsk
  • Fraktvekt: Y kg (sett inn vekt)
  • ISBN: XXXXXXXX (sett inn ISBN)

Hvorfor velge Au Revoir Now Darlint?

Au Revoir Now Darlint er mer enn bare en bok; det er en oppdagelse av menneskelig natur og relasjoner gjennom tidene. Den gir deg ikke bare tilgang til en gripende fortelling, men også en unik innsikt i den sosiale konteksten som formet disse livene. Kan du forestille deg hvilken innvirkning Ediths ord hadde, og hvordan de kunnes tolkes av samfunnet på den tiden?

Ta steget inn i en annen tid, og la deg fascinere av en historie som virkelig setter sinnet i bevegelse. Au Revoir Now Darlint er et must-have for alle som elsker litteratur som berører sjelen og utfordrer perspektivet.

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