{"product_id":"deadly-triangle-the-famous-architect-his-wife-their-chauffeur-and-murder-most-foul-paperback","title":"Deadly Triangle: The Famous Architect, His Wife, Their Chauffeur, and Murder Most Foul - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Goldenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGlamorous young wife Alma Rattenbury takes her chauffeur as a lover and their scandalous relationship leads to a murder most foul.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 1935 murder of architect Francis Mawson Rattenbury, famous for his design of the iconic Parliament Buildings and Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia, and the arrest and lurid trial of his 30-years-younger second wife, Alma, and the family chauffeur, George Percy Stoner, her lover, riveted people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancis and Alma had moved to Bournemouth, England, after the City of Victoria had ostracized them for their scandalous, flagrant affair while Francis was married to his first wife. Their life in Bournemouth was tangled. Francis became an impotent lush. Deprived of sexual gratification, Alma seduced George, previously a virgin who was half her age. They conducted their affair in her upstairs bedroom with her and Francis's six-year-old son in a nearby bed, \"sleeping,\" she said, and the near-deaf Francis in his armchair downstairs in a drunken stupor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe lovers were tried together for Francis's murder at the Old Bailey Criminal Court in London, resulting in intense public interest and massive, frenzied media coverage. The trial became one of the 20th century's most sensational cases, sparking widespread debate over sexual mores and social strata distinctions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Goldenberg is the author of ten books and winner of a Canadian Authors Award. She has written for Canadian and American newspapers and currently pens articles for Canada's \u003cem\u003eHistory\u003c\/em\u003e magazine. She lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766359195936,"sku":"9781459750302","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a2d8d4979416896d0b687830efba74fe.webp?v=1780291100","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/deadly-triangle-the-famous-architect-his-wife-their-chauffeur-and-murder-most-foul-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}