The Ballroom Murder

The Ballroom Murder
Leigh Straw
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Paperback
h234 x 155mm - 184pg
2 Aug 2022 AU
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9781760990572
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The Ballroom Murder is a true crime story that gripped Perth nearly 100 years ago, and demonstrates the power of the press and privilege in an extraordinary judicial outcome. In August 1925, Audrey Jacob shot dead her former fiance, Cyril Gidley, in full view of hundreds of guests at a charity ball in Perth' s Government House. When she was arrested, she still held the gun in her hand. It was a open and shut case of wilful murder - that is until Jacob assigned prosecutor Arthur Haynes to her defence. His ability to play the press and the jury for sympathy would lead to a sensational result. Not only did Jacob escape the gallows, she was found not guilty of Gidley' smurder. Straw, the author of a number of books about notable Australian female criminals, tells a story that is rich with first-hand newspaper accounts from the day.
Leigh Straw is an academic, historian and writer. She is the author of true crime biographies of Australian crime figures Kate Leigh and Dulcie Markham, and Australia' s first female detective, Lillian Armfield. Leigh was the joint winner of the 2018 Margaret Medcalf Award for her book After the War- The Mental and Physical Scars of World War I. Leigh is Deputy Head of the National School of Arts and Sciences and Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Notre Dame Australia.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781760990572
Published: 2 Aug 2022
Published In: Australia
Imprint: Fremantle Press
Publisher: Fremantle Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 155mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 236g
Pages: 184

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