Title: Fred & Edie
Description: In 1922, Edith Thompson and her young lover Frederick were tried for the murder of Edith's husband. The trial unravelled an illicit love affair, a backstreet abortion, domestic violence, murder and finally a double execution. This is Edith's story.
Subjects: Fiction, Executions and executioners, Trials (Murder), Women murderers, Murder victims, Married people, Adultery, Large type books
Places: London (England), England, London
People: Frederick Edward Francis Bywaters (1902-1923), Percy Thompson (1890?-1922), Edith Thompson (1893-1923)