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TITLE:
The girl on the velvet swing : sex, murder, and madness at the dawn of the twentieth century / Simon Baatz.
Publication Date:
2018
Publication Information:
New York : Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company,
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
392 p. : ill.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-380) and index.
Summary:
A chronicle of the events surrounding the 1906 murder trial of millionaire Harry Thaw details the victimization of teen actress Evelyn Nesbit and Thaw's vengeance-fueled, public murder of legendary architect Stanford White.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780316396653