EAN: 9781408851166

THE WICKED BOY - KATE SUMMERSCALE KARTONIERT (TB)

Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2017The gripping  fascinating account of a
shocking murder case that sent late Victorian Britain into a frenzy  by the number one
bestselling  multi-award-winning author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher'Her research is
needle-sharp and her period detail richly atmospheric  but what is most heartening about this
truly remarkable book is the story of real-life redemption that it brings to light' John Carey
Sunday TimesEarly in the morning of Monday 8 July 1895  thirteen-year-old Robert Coombes and
his twelve-year-old brother Nattie set out from their small  yellow brick terraced house in
east London to watch a cricket match at Lord's. Their father had gone to sea the previous
Friday  leaving the boys and their mother at home for the summer. Over the next ten days Robert
and Nattie spent extravagantly  pawning family valuables to fund trips to the theatre and the
seaside. During this time nobody saw or heard from their mother  though the boys told
neighbours she was visiting relatives. As the sun beat down on the Coombes house  an awful
smell began to emanate from the building. When the police were finally called to investigate 
what they found in one of the bedrooms sent the press into a frenzy of horror and alarm  and
Robert and Nattie were swept up in a criminal trial that echoed the outrageous plots of the
'penny dreadful' novels that Robert loved to read. In The Wicked Boy  Kate Summerscale has
uncovered a fascinating true story of murder and morality - it is not just a meticulous
examination of a shocking Victorian case  but also a compelling account of its aftermath  and
of man's capacity to overcome the past.

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