Savage Grace
| Author | : Natalie Robins |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 927 |
| Release | : 2008-09-04 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781847396020 |
| ISBN-13 | : 184739602X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: On Friday, 17th November 1972, a shocking crime rocked London. Wealthy American socialite Barbara Baekeland had been stabbed to death in her Chelsea apartment. The man arrested for the murder: her own son. A spellbinding tale of money and madness, incest and matricide, SAVAGE GRACE is the saga of Brooks and Barbara Baekeland - heirs to the Bakelite plastics fortune - and their handsome, gentle son, Tony. Alternately neglected and smothered by his parents, he was finally driven to destroy the whole family in a violent chain of events.Unfolding against a glamorous international background, SAVAGE GRACE tells the doomed Baekelands' story through remarkably candid interviews, private letters and diaries, as well as confidential hospital and prison records. A true-crime classic, it exposes the harrowing truth behind the envied lives of the rich.
