Ethel Rosenberg : the short life and great betrayal of an American wife and mother
Sebba, Anne2022
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Total copies: 2
On 19th June 1953 Ethel Rosenberg became the first woman to be executed by the US government in almost a century, and the only woman in the US to be executed for a crime other than murder. She was 37 years old and the mother of 2 small children. Her case resonates more than ever today at a time of world tension and conspiracy rumours focused on a resurgent Soviet Union. Any battle to seek forgiveness for a convicted communist spy would, today, at a time when the Cold War seems all too resonant, stand little chance of success. But the story of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg refuses to die; this is an important moment to recount not simply what FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover called the 'trial of the century', but also a timeless human story of a supportive wife, loving mother and idealist who had her life barbarically cut short for a crime she almost certainly did not commit.
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Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2022.
Collation:
290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: St. Martin's Press, 2021.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781780226620 (pbk)1780226624 (pbk)9780297871019 (ebook)
Dewey class:
345.7302 SEB345.7302
LC class:
KF224
Language:
English
Subject:
Rosenberg, Ethel, 1915-1953 -- Trials, litigation, etcRosenberg, Ethel, 1915-1953 -- Death and burialTrials (Espionage) -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryTrials (Conspiracy) -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryExecutions and executioners -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryCrimeAdvice and Rights20th century, c 1900 to c 1999Biography: historical, political & militaryHistory of the AmericasHistoryThe Cold War
BRN:
390748