A Fine Day for a Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story by Carol Ann Lee

A Fine Day for a Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story

Carol Ann Lee

272 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative reflective medium-paced
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In 1955, former night club manageress Ruth Ellis shot her lover, David Blakely. Following a trial that lasted less than two days, she was found guilty and sentenced to death. She became the last woman to be hanged in Britain, and her execution is ...

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