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      Ethel Rosenberg: The Short Life and Great Betrayal of an American Wife and Mother

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      The tragic story of Ethel Rosenberg, the first woman in America to be sent to her death for a crime other than murder

      ''A heart-piercingly brilliant book about a woman whose personal life put her in the cross-hairs of history'' HADLEY FREEMAN
      ''Totally rivet...

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      Product ID:9781780226620
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Ethel Rosenberg
      Subtitle:The Short Life and Great Betrayal of an American Wife and Mother
      Authors:Author: Anne Sebba
      Page Count:304
      Subjects:Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, History of the Americas, History, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, History of the Americas, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, The Cold War, 20th century
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      The tragic story of Ethel Rosenberg, the first woman in America to be sent to her death for a crime other than murder

      ''A heart-piercingly brilliant book about a woman whose personal life put her in the cross-hairs of history'' HADLEY FREEMAN
      ''Totally riveting. I couldn''t put it down'' VICTORIA HISLOP
      ''Ethel sings out for all women who have been misunderstood and wronged, and refuse to bow down'' NICHOLAS SHAKESPEARE

      ''A shocking tale of betrayal, naivety, misogyny and judicial failure'' SONIA PURNELL
      ''A historic miscarriage of justice laid bare for our times'' PHILIPPE SANDS

      Ethel Rosenberg was a supportive wife, loving mother to two small children and courageous idealist who grew up during the Depression with aspirations to become an opera singer.

      On 19 June 1953 she became the first woman in the US to be executed for a crime other than murder. She was thirty-seven years old.

      Ethel''s conviction for conspiracy to commit espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union followed what FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover called the ''trial of the century'' in Cold War America and is still controversial. Now, Anne Sebba''s masterly, meticulously researched and deeply moving biography finally tells Ethel''s true story - a life barbarically cut short on the basis of tainted evidence for a crime she almost certainly did not commit.


      Imprint Name:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
      Publisher Name:Orion Publishing Co
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2022-06-23

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      Weight298 g
      Dimensions127 × 198 × 24 mm