Title: A personal history of thirst
First published: 1996
Description: As two low-class Englishmen climb the social ladder, James Knight becomes a respected lawyer while Oliver Thirst becomes a career criminal. Knight marries an American woman, but Thirst seduces her and they marry. However, he is an abusive husband and she is accused of killing him. Now husband No. 1 has to defend her. A study of the British class system.
Subjects: Man-woman relationships, Thieves, Trials (Murder), Fiction, Man-woman relationships, fiction, London (england), fiction, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, legal, Lawyers, fiction
Places: London (England)
LC classification: PR6052.U617 P47 1996