The Beautiful & The Bestial: A Courtesan, a Prince, and a Murder at the Savoy

A deadly shooting at London’s extravagant Savoy Hotel in 1923 prompted a murder trial that pitted East against West. Was the tragedy the result of a pharaoh’s curse or merely the consequence of a lover’s quarrel?

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