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Homicide at Rough Point /  Cover Image Book Book

Homicide at Rough Point / Peter Lance.

Lance, Peter, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780996285599
  • ISBN: 0996285598
  • Physical Description: xx, 412 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Tenacity Media Books, 2021

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-385) and index.
Subject: Tirella, Eduardo.
Lance, Peter.
Duke, Doris, 1912-1993.
Celebrities > United States > Biography.
Private investigators > Rhode Island > Newport.
Murder > Investigation > Rhode Island > Newport.
Heirs and heiresses.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Town of Plymouth.

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Pease Public Library 364.1523 LANCE
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34598000750862 Non-Fiction Available -

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1001 . ‡aLance, Peter, ‡eauthor.
24510. ‡aHomicide at Rough Point / ‡cPeter Lance.
24613. ‡aHomicide at Rough Point : ‡bthe untold story of how Doris Duke the richest woman in America got away with murder
264 1. ‡aNew York, NY : ‡bTenacity Media Books, ‡c2021
264 4. ‡c©2021
300 . ‡axx, 412 pages : ‡billustrations, maps ; ‡c23 cm
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 327-385) and index.
520 . ‡aIn the fall of 1966, Eduardo Tirella, close confidant of billionaire Doris Duke, informed the possessive and vindictive heiress that he was leaving her employ as chief designer and art curator to return to Hollywood where his career as a set designer was just catching fire. Minutes later, she crushed him to death under the wheels of a two- ton station wagon as they were leaving Rough Point, her Bellevue Avenue estate in Newport, RI, the storied resort. In a murderous quid-pro-quo, the local police quickly ruled the incident "an unfortunate accident" and Doris began giving a fortune to Newport, restoring 70 colonial- era homes that quickly turned it into a tourist Mecca. In 2018, Lance, who started his career as a cub reporter for The Newport Daily News eight months after Tirella's death, began a re-examination of the case and proved that the mercurial tobacco heiress got away with murder. In a riveting, doggedly researched book with 105 illustrations -- including never-before seen forensic files -- Lance, a five-time Emmy winner, rewrites history and finally restores the reputation of Eduardo Tirella, a gay Renaissance man and war hero whom Duke went to great lengths to erase from the history of her troubled life. 600 10 Duke, Doris,|d1912-1993.
60010. ‡aTirella, Eduardo.
60010. ‡aLance, Peter.
60010. ‡aDuke, Doris, ‡d1912-1993.
650 0. ‡aCelebrities ‡zUnited States ‡vBiography.
650 0. ‡aPrivate investigators ‡zRhode Island ‡zNewport.
650 0. ‡aMurder ‡xInvestigation ‡zRhode Island ‡zNewport.
650 0. ‡aHeirs and heiresses.
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