PATRICK MARNHAM - Trail of Havoc : In the Steps of Lord Lucan

New York, NY, U.S.A., Viking Penguin Group, 1987. First Edition, Binding: Cloth, Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0670813915 Hardback The sudden entry of a blood-stained and hysterical Veronica Lucan, wife of the 7th Earl of Lucan, into the Plumber's Arms, Belgravia, on the evening of 7 November 1974 sparked off one of the greatest murder investigations since the war. Former Private Eye journalist Patrick Marnham investigates the case in detail, exploring not only what took place on that Novemeber evening and during the night that followed but also what happened in the years before and after. The story moves from the gambling clubs of Mayfair where Lucan and his friends discussed the possibilities of a military coup, to 10 Downing Street where Marcia Williams exerted her powerful influence over the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson. And Lucan himself? Marnham comes to some surprising conclusions about what probably happened on the night of the murder, what did happen at the coroner's hearing and what night have happened had Lord Lucan come to trial. Illustrated. Slight tear to D/J.