by John Taylor · Random House · tapa dura · ISBN 9780375505386
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«The Count and the Confession» is a true crime work by John Taylor, published by Random House in hardcover (384 pages, in English).
John Taylor reconstructs the 1992 death of Roger de la Burde, scientist and art collector, at his Virginia estate. The work weighs suicide against homicide and probes the deceased's circle: his partner, a pregnant lover, a deceived husband, or a business associate. Beverly Monroe, the deceased's companion, becomes the prime suspect.
The first edition dates from 2002 and was nominated for the Edgar Award in the Best Fact Crime category in 2003.
For readers of true crime and nonfiction, especially court chronicles and real cases set in the United States.
John Taylor was an English publisher, essayist, and writer. He is noted as the publisher of the poets John Keats and John Clare.
