Robert Smith Literary agency » Monica Weller https://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:58:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Ruth Ellis: My sister’s secret life https://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com/authors/738/ https://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com/authors/738/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:54:13 +0000 http://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com/?p=738 In 1955, Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in Britain, was found guilty of murdering her boyfriend, David Blakely.  Ruth’s sister, Muriel Jakubait, tells us that behind Ruth’s glamorous lifestyle, there was childhood abuse and cruel manipulation.  In the shadows was Ruth’s jealous other lover, the controlling and duplicitous MI5 operative, Desmond Cussen.  […]

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]]> Jakubait Ruth EllisIn 1955, Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in Britain, was found guilty of murdering her boyfriend, David Blakely.  Ruth’s sister, Muriel Jakubait, tells us that behind Ruth’s glamorous lifestyle, there was childhood abuse and cruel manipulation.  In the shadows was Ruth’s jealous other lover, the controlling and duplicitous MI5 operative, Desmond Cussen.  It was Cussen, who taught Ruth how to shoot and clean guns, plied her with alcohol, supplied her with the fateful weapon and drove her to the Hampstead pub, where Blakely was drinking.  Ruth Ellis is a powerful story of deadly deception at the height of the Cold War.

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