A Serpent In Eden

JAMES OWEN

Publication: Little, Brown, 2005, London

First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Night comes quickly to the Bahamas. July 7, 1943 was unpleasantly humid even though the rains were nearing their end, the air was heavy with an approaching storm. It struck Nassau soon after midnight. By the time it had blown over, one of the world's richest men, Sir Harry Oakes, had been murdered in his own bedroom. Even in the middle of wartime, Oakes's death made front page headlines in the world's newspapers, and began a series of events whose protagonist included the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Ernest Hemingway, two French aristocrats, a suspected Nazi and a gray Maltese cat, and which culminated in the sensational trial and acquittal of Oakes's own son-in-law for the crime. This is a NON-FICTION work.

Inventory Number: 22980