Mr Atherstone leaves the stage : the Battersea murder mystery
Whittington-Egan, Richard, 1924-2015
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On a beautiful July evening in 1910, Thomas Weldon Atherstone, at 47 a handsome and popular actor, was found dying on the ground at the foot of an iron staircase running down the back of a mansion block hard by Battersea Park, in south London. He had been shot. Some 104 years later, who shot him and why he was killed remains a total mystery. This book provides a complete revelation of the actor's life story: his birth in the outskirts of Liverpool; the 26-year cavalcade of his theatrical career; his marriage and its breakup; and his mistress, Elizabeth Earle, about whom the tragedy undoubtedly centres.
Main title:
Mr Atherstone leaves the stage : the Battersea murder mystery / Richard Whittington-Egan.
Author:
Whittington-Egan, Richard, 1924-, author
Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2015.
Collation:
204 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Includes QR code.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781445645445 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.152309421364.1523
LC class:
HV6535.G6
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
903823
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