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LADY WITH AN AXE

... 'thirties Mr. Edward Percy and Mr. Reginald Denham, old hands at the game, based a successful thriller on the cause célébre of Lizzie Borden. This young lady, according to the ruthless rhyme, took an axe, gave her father forty whacks, and when she saw what she ...

Published: Wednesday 23 November 1955
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 769 | Page: 32 | Tags: Review 

FROM WIT TO CHARM: Claude Cockburn's new volume of autobiography; memories of France in the 'Twenties; a ..

... recommend to all amateur criminologists all the thousands of us-- who find great enjoyment in such lucid exposition. With LIZZIE BORDEN-- The Untold Story (Gollancz. 21s.), Mr. Radin has given us the results of his own most astute investigations and his own ...

Published: Saturday 30 September 1961
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 885 | Page: 28 | Tags: Review 

SPIES AND MURDERERS: Eric Ambler's new book of essays; biography of Picasso; the Birmingham Rep; new fiction

... different from his others. It is, in fact, a collection of essays on THE ABILITY TO KILL (Bodley Head. 16s.), including four Lizzie Borden Memorial Lectures, dealing with crime in England, Scotland, France and Criminal London. The main themes are the mentality ...

Published: Saturday 02 March 1963
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1521 | Page: 29 | Tags: Review