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Marigny, Alfred De with Herskowitz, Mickey A Conspiracy of Crowns
London Bantam 1990 0593015363 / 9780593015360 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good
A Very Good+ clean and unmarked copy with a small name and address label to front endpaper with VG price clipped dustjacket. 27 illustrations. In July 1943 the scorched and bloody body of multi-millionaire businessman, Sir Harry Oakes, was found in a partly burned bed in his home in the Bahamas. He had died of wounds to the head caused by a weapon never found or clearly identified, and within 48 hours his son-in-law, Alfred De Marigny, was arrested and charged with the murder. The trial lasted 32 days and although De Marigny was acquitted his life lay in ruins, as the authorities in Nassau had advised all British and friendly territories that De Marigny was to be regarded as a murderer at large. Nassau at the time was a magnet for society's rich and spoiled, presided over by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and it is against this background of wealth that the story unfolds, a complex tale of business intrigue, broken promises and acts of betrayal, of currency smuggling and conduct close to treason, and of one man's untiring efforts to clear his name. **** NOT EX LIB ****
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10.00 GBP
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