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The poisonous solicitor : the true story of a 1920s murder mystery /

In 1922, Major Herbert Armstrong, a Hay-on-Wye solicitor, was found guilty of, and executed for, poisoning his wife, Katharine, with arsenic. Armstrong's case has all the ingredients of a classic murder mystery, from a plot by Agatha Christie or Dorothy Sayers (indeed some aspects of his story...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bates, Stephen, 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Icon Books Ltd, 2023.
Subjects:
Armstrong, Herbert Rowse, > -1922 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Armstrong, Katharine, > -1921 > Death and burial.
Armstrong, Herbert Rowse, > -1922
Armstrong, Katharine, > -1921
Murder > Wales > Hay > History > 20th century.
Poisoning > Great Britain > Case studies.
Trials (Murder) > Wales > History.
Wales > History > 20th century.
Procès (Meurtre) > Pays de Galles > Histoire.
Death and burial of a person
Murder
Poisoning
Trials (Murder)
Great Britain
Wales
Wales > Hay
1900-1999
Case studies
History
Trials, litigation, etc.

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