Murder at Wrotham Hill
Paperback Published on: 04/07/2013
Price: £14.99
Synopsis
Murder at Wrotham Hill takes the killing in October 1946 of Dagmar Petrzywalski as the catalyst for a compelling and unique meditation on murder and fate. Dagmar, a gentle, eccentric spinster, was the embodiment of Austerity Britain's prudence and thrift. Her murderer Harold Hagger's litany of petty crimes, abandoned wives, sloughed-off identities and desertion was its opposite. Featuring England's first celebrity policeman, Fabian of the Yard, the celebrated forensic scientist, Keith Simpson, and history's most famous and dedicated hangman, Albert Pierrepoint, this is a gripping and deeply moving book.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Quercus Publishing
- ISBN: 9780857382856
- Number of pages: 336
- Dimensions: 197 x 137 x 26 mm
- Weight: 241g
- Languages: English
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A murder story with a difference
Murder at Wrotham Hill
This story of the murder of Dagmar Petrzywalski by Harold Haggar is much more than the story of a murder. It is also a detailed acco... READ MORE
Marvellous
This was a very absorbing read, more like reading a case history or documentary. The way every person involved with the case has thier history delved into ... READ MORE
A good look at history
If you are looking for a murder mystery than this is not the book for you. This book looks at the murder of dagmar but it is not the focus of the book, you... READ MORE
Not what I expected, but interesting!
The focus of this book is a liitle difficult to get to grips with. Expecting it to be largely about the murder of Dagmar and the ensuing trial of her kille... READ MORE
Preferable to Agatha (but not Joyce).
The reader has to be able to flit from one topic to another and adjust instantly to perspective shifts in order to understand what is going on here. The sh... READ MORE
Good for lovers of 'true crimes'
An interesting police procedural with a large amount of historical information to set a background to the events portrayed. Written in a multiple small sec... READ MORE
Historical hard work
I found this book fairly easy to read, in that it flowed smoothly from character to character. It is written in an unusual style, that of Police notes rath... READ MORE
Murder at Wrotham Hill
Once I got to grip with the writters style I found the book quite a good read.Although at times I did find it went into to much rather unnecesary detail an... READ MORE
Interesting Read
Murder at Wrotham Hill is about the killing of a woman in post war Britain. The book documents the lives of the victim, her relatives and acquaintances, th... READ MORE
Murder at Wrotham Hill
I found this a little difficult to get into at first, but I think that was mainly because it's written in a style that I am not used to.
The book doesn't c... READ MORE
Murder at Wrotham Hill
This was a book I easily dipped in to whenever I had the time to read it but the truth is it didn't really hold my attention much; cetainly not a book you ... READ MORE
Starts as novel, ends as textbook.
The world of 1946 is expertly described as is the police investigation. However, there are long tracts of deviation from the main story into Mr Pierrepoint... READ MORE