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TRZEBINSKI,ERROL with EMMA PERRY**: : THE LIFE AND DEATH OF LORD ERROLL: The Truth Behind the Happy Valley Murder.[co-author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.FOURTH ESTATE LIMITED,2000.

ISBN 1857024370.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,co-author SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but co- author's [ERROL TRZEBINSKI] neat, handwritten blue ink signature to title- page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject sepia portrait photographic illustrated upper wrap with gilt+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creases to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present - head of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean, unblemished,publisher's original,plain maroon cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate tan+black map illustrated eps.UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn, xii-xviipp+2-364pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/table,a prologue,12 chapters,an epilogue,24pp comprising 56 contemporary b/w photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp110/1,pp174/5 and pp238/9 respectively,b/w sketch/diagram of alleged murder route taken by victim, notes,a biblio,acknowledgements and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title, SIGNED title page,a dedication and contents list/table. In the early hours of 24 January 1941, Captain the Hon. Josslyn Victor Hay,22nd Earl of Erroll,hereditary High Constable of Scotland and Kenya's Assistant Military Secretary,was shot in the head.His body was shoved into the footwell of his hired Buick,which was run off the road.The murder might have passed unnoticed: an unremarkable detail in a corner of the British Empire distracted by the Second World War. But a sensational trial,in which complex social comings and goings titillated the watching audience with tales of love affairs and wild parties,and a 'not guilty' verdict meant that Lord Erroll's memory would not discreetly fade. Extraordinarily,the murder has never been re-investigated,and Erroll's killer has never been found,the coroner's last word on the subject being that it was 'murder by persons unknown'.It was one of the century's great unsolved crimes. Behind the diverting tales of white mischief among the settlers of Kenya's Happy Valley lies the uncomfortable truth: someone wanted Erroll dead,and the motives and means and identity of that person have never been properly explained.Until now. Errol Trzebinski,biographer of Denys Finch Hatton,Beryl Markham and the Kenya pioneers,is uniquely placed to reopen the investigation into the mysterious death of Lord Erroll.She knows the people and the places,and has unrivalled access to Erroll's surviving friends and family circles.She didn't set out to seek a killer previously overlooked in all the colourfully distracting images of the Happy Valley set,but that is what she found.And she has uncovered a plot that stretches from a dusty crossroads on the Ngong-Nairobi road to the heart of British power in Whitehall. For the first time,the life of Lord Erroll,the threat he posed and the dangerous friends and enemies he gained can properly be revealed.At the heart of the story is no crime of passion or lover's feud but a carefully constructed kill. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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