{"product_id":"9780241965399","title":"Famous Trials: Unwanted Spouses","description":"12775B - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the legendary \u003ci\u003eFamous Trials \u003c\/i\u003eseries of real-life courtroom dramas, two classic murder trials abridged and refreshed as Penguin Specials for modern readers\u003c\/b\u003e, selected and introduced by Alex McBride, author of \u003ci\u003eDefending the Guilty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA respectable solicitor in the town of Hay-on-Wye, harried by his troubled wife, slowly and carefully poisons her to death. Pleased with the results, he sees an opportunity for another quick-fix solution and turns his murderous attentions to his business rival... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrapped in a marriage of convenience to an aging man almost thirty years her senior, thirty-eight year-old Alma falls in love with seventeen year-old George, when he answers her advertisement for a 'willing lad' to do the housework. It's the perfect set up - a well-disposed husband and a passionate lover - until George destroys it all by trying to get the husband out of the way...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese two classic cases of spousal murder - one chillingly domestic, the other bizarre and touching - took place in 1922 and 1935. In these brilliant reconstructions, they continue to confound our expectations of how murderers are meant to proceed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe legendary \u003ci\u003eFamous Trials\u003c\/i\u003e series\u003c\/b\u003e set the benchmark for historical crime writing with its accounts of the most notorious and intriguing criminal trials of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Expertly reconstructed from court transcripts, these often sensational narratives have gripped generations of readers since they first appeared in 1941. In this digital edition, two of the very best \u003ci\u003eFamous Trials \u003c\/i\u003ehave been selected, introduced and further abridged by criminal barrister and author Alex McBride to provide modern readers with the most compelling versions yet of these court-room classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex McBride\u003c\/b\u003e is a criminal barrister. His book \u003ci\u003eDefending the Guilty: Truth and Lies in the Criminal Courtroom\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the 2010 Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction and is available in Penguin. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, and has contributed to various BBC programmes, including \u003ci\u003eFrom Our Own Correspondent\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eExpert, authoritative, hilarious - an insider's fearless account of life at the criminal bar\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e Books of the Year on \u003ci\u003eDefending the Guilty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178330472688,"sku":"9780241965399","price":2.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780241965399_p0.jpg?v=1763680762","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780241965399","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}