HARDCOVER 1953 EDITION. NO DUST JACKET.BOOK IS IN GOOD CONDITION-NO TEARS OR INSCRIPTIONS
In it's time a famous novel that was made into a film starring John Mills. A man called Davidson, a survivor of an affray in which a lamp was knocked over and a small vessel burnt out, was given a life sentence for killing a companion whose corpse was found in the ashes. Two witnesses tesitfied againstg him. In prison Davidson cherishes one aim, to get even with those whose testimony condemned him. He has always maintained his innocence and when after 17 years he is set free and determines to get to the truth, there are people waiting to try to make sure that doesn't happen.