Amazon.com description: Product Description: Originally published in 1919, this book compiles the speeches made during the trial of Dr Crippen, the infamous murderer who demanded a lot of public and press attention at the time of his trial. It goes some way to detail what kind of man Crippen was, and the character of his wife. A shocking crime in its day, highlighting the fact that very ordinary people can be driven to extraordinary extremes of behaviour. Many of these earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.