THE TRIAL OF LIZZIE BORDEN; A TRUE STORY BY CARA ROBERTSON

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WINNER OF THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY BOOK AWARD

In Cara Robertsons enthralling new book,The Trial of Lizzie Borden, the reader is to serve as judge and jury (The New York Times). Based on twenty years of research and recently unearthed evidence, this true crime and legal history is the definitive account to date of one of Americas most notorious and enduring murder mysteries (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

When Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally hacked to death in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August 1892, the arrest of the couples younger daughter Lizzie turned the case into international news and her murder trial into a spectacle unparalleled in American history. Reporters flocked to the scene. Well-known columnists took up conspicuous seats in the courtroom. The defendant was relentlessly scrutinized for signs of guilt or innocence. Everyonerich and poor, suffragists and social conservatives, legal scholars, and laypeoplehad an opinion about Lizzie Bordens guilt or innocence. Was she a cold-blooded murderess or an unjustly persecuted lady? Did she or didnt she?

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