A Different Class of Murder, Laura Thompson
A Different Class of Murder, Laura Thompson
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A Different Class of Murder
The Story of Lord Lucan

Author: Laura Thompson

Narrator: Esther Wane

Unabridged: 13 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/10/2020


Synopsis

On November 7, 1974, a nanny named Sandra Rivett was bludgeoned to death in a Belgravia basement. A second woman, Veronica, Countess of Lucan, was also attacked. The man named in court as perpetrator of these crimes, Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, disappeared in the early hours of the following morning.

The case, solved in the eyes of the law, has retained its fascination ever since. Laura Thompson, acclaimed biographer of Agatha Christie, narrates the story that led up to that cataclysmic event, and draws on her considerable forensic skills to re-examine the possible truths behind one of postwar Britain's most notorious murders.

A Different Class of Murder is a portrait of an era, of an extraordinary cast of characters, of a mystery, of a modern myth. Part social history, part detective story, it tells in masterly style of a case that has retained its fascination for decades. This is an updated edition following the death of Lady Lucan in February 2018.

About Laura Thompson

Laura Thompson is author of Somerset Maugham Award-winning The Dogs: A Personal History of Greyhound Racing, and Agatha Christie: An English Mystery. She is now filming a major ITV program on Agatha Christie.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nigeyb

I was a boy when the Lord Lucan case was making the headlines in 1974, so I had only hazy memories and could recall just the basic facts (a bit like the Jeremy Thorpe scandal which I thoroughly enjoyed recently revisiting via the superb A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies, and a Murder Plot at the Hea......more

Goodreads review by F.R.

The Lord Lucan case is one hard-wired into the British psyche. Degenerate gambler aristocrat murders his children’s nanny when he mistakes her for his wife and then disappears into the night. It’s a rare sitcom of the last thirty years which hasn’t made a joke about something being as unlikely as se......more