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- This product had a total of 124 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 14 2019.
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One london newspaper called the 1895 murder of mrs
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Emily coombes the most dreadful murder of the century
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With her usual restraint and impeccable research awardwinning biographer kate summerscales the wicked boy delves into the matricide its sensational courtroom trial and the jury’s verdict that robert was guilty but insane at the time of the murder
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When robert is sentenced to an indefinite detention at broadmoor a fortified criminal lunatic asylum that housed the most notorious killers in britain
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But summerscales investigation discovers that robert was actually rehabilitated and in the second half of his life he won a medal for his military service in wwi and became an unofficial guardian to an abused boy whose abuse was very similar to that in the coombes household when robert was a child
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Summerscale the suspicions of mr
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She writes with immense control and reserve trusting that her readers will connect the pieces of evidence without breaking the victorian era reserve with modern day intrusions
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Interesting that he should be released back into society