William Deverell: The Long-Shot Trial
The Long-Shot Trial
Buch
- An Arthur Beauchamp Thriller
- ECW Press, 05/2024
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781770417540
- Bestellnummer: 11740925
- Umfang: 320 Seiten
- Gewicht: 449 g
- Maße: 229 x 152 mm
- Stärke: 19 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 28.5.2024
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
"Arthur Beauchamp takes a break from the courtroom to write a memoir so he can set the record straight about a headline murder case he fought as a young lawyer in 1966. The trial would either mark him as a pathetic loser or thrust him into the top ranks of criminal counsel. The background: in 1966, a young housemaid was raped by her employer, a callous and vindictive millionaire. She shot him point blank, so it seemed an open-and-shut case of first-degree murder. Enter Arthur Beauchamp, a young lawyer haunted by having bungled his only previous murder case. He is now called upon to defend a murder that he is almost certain can't be won. But as the trial speeds through twists and turns, his slashing cross-examinations bring hope that the jury might entertain a reasonable doubt. In present time, Arthur learns that writing about his social gaffes, booze, and sex is not easy, especially as his efforts are regularly interrupted by the quirky characters who inhabit his supposedly idyllic Garibaldi Island."--Biografie
William Deverell is Professor of History at the University of Southern California and director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West. William Deverell
The Long-Shot Trial
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