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The Last Woman to be Hanged

The Ruth Ellis Story

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The Last Woman to be Hanged

By: Robert Hancock
Narrated by: Lucy Scott
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 On the eve of her hanging, Ruth Ellis wrote to a friend: 'I must close now but remember I am quite happy with the verdict, but not the way the story was told, there is so much that people don't know.' Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain. This is her story.

In July 1955 Ruth Ellis was sentenced to death for the shooting of her lover, motor-racing driver David Blakely. Barely three months later she was executed at Holloway prison. In this book, Robert Hancock sets the record straight. Using official documents including the transcript of her trial at the Old Bailey, he unlocks the full, secret background to the story of the last woman to be hanged in Britain.

Meticulous and fair in its analysis, The Last Woman to be Hanged is an absorbing portrait of the tragic life of a young woman, a vivid snapshot of an era and a gripping account of a notorious case that shocked the nation. Crime Murder True Crime
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I was born in 1946 so remember this very well. This book has filled in so much detail within a story that was so tragic for everyone concerned. The narration was superb, a very good choice in Lucy. Thank you. Looking at this now, the only outcome at the time was the poor woman had to suffer the unlitimate sentence, hanging. Yes, she committed murder, not manslaughter, but what a background, and still so relevant even now. So much detail in this book that was held back in the 1950s. Far far better than a certain book on tha bamber case, a much more balanced approach to a dreadful story with a good narrator.

The best book yet.

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I initially thought this book was interesting until I read “My sisters secret life” by Ruth’s sister who points out the inaccuracies of Robert Hancock’s story about her.

Initially interesting until I read the book by Ruth Ellis’ sister

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