Lawrence Earl Ferrars descended from Plantagenet royalty but was doomed to expiate his crime at Tyburn, his faculties impaired by drink and wild brutality.
As heard by us
A severe historical crime chronicle of privilege curdled into murder and punishment.
William Andrew Horne, Esquire, is cast as the eldest son of a gentleman of fortune in Nottinghamshire, and the story follows his life from dissipation and sexual excess to murder and execution.
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Press play for a stark old-world crime account that ends in public punishment.
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