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On a stormy night in 1932, Charles August Lindbergh Jr., infant son of world
famous aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh, was kidnapped from his parents'
home in New jersey. His body was discovered nearby some six weeks later,
after a nation-wide manhunt and world-wide expressions of sympathy and
outrage. It was labelled the Crime of the Century.
In
September 1933 a German carpenter named Bruno Richard Hauptmann was
arrested, tried and executed for the kidnapping and murder if the Lindbergh
baby. There was only one problem: Hauptmann was innocent.
The
identity of the real murderer has never before been revealed. After 15 years
of research, William Norris has finally tracked him down; revealing the
duplicitous behaviour of Charles Lindbergh who began by obstructing the
investigation and ended by sending Houptmann to the electric chair on
perjured evidence.
But why
should Lindbergh, the great American hero, do such a thing? Who was he
trying to shield, and for what reason? The answers can be found in A
Talent to Deceive. It is a compulsive read for anyone who cares about
the truth. |
