The Fall River Tragedy - A History of the Borden Murders: With the Essay 'Spontaneous and Imitative Crime' by Euphemia Vale Blake

Uncover one of America's most notorious unsolved murders. First published in the wake of the trial that gripped a nation, The Fall River Tragedy reconstructs the Lizzie Borden case in exacting detail.

On the morning of 4th August 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were found hacked to death in their Fall River home, and suspicion immediately fell on their youngest daughter, Lizzie. Drawing on trial testimony, police records, and the press coverage of the day, Edwin H. Porter lays out the evidence, contradictions, and theories that have kept the Borden case alive for over a century now. From the discovery of the bodies, the inquest, and the arrest to the courtroom drama and the verdict that satisfied almost no one, read the Lizzie Borden case in riveting detail.

Part true crime, part social history, The Fall River Tragedy remains one of the earliest and most detailed records of a case that has never stopped fascinating readers. This Read & Co. History edition also includes Euphemia Vale Blake's essay ‘Spontaneous and Imitative Crime’, which situates the murders within broader Victorian debates about criminal psychology and the influence of sensational crime reporting on the public imagination.

© 2021 Read & Co. History (E-bog): 9781528792165

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E-bog: 24. juni 2021