Kate Summerscale: 4 books
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2010
The New York Times bestselling account of the real-life murder that inspired the birth of modern detective fiction.
In June of 1860 three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat slit. The crime horrified all England and led to a national obsession with...
The Queen of Whale Cay
The Eccentric Story of "Joe" Carstairs, Fastest Woman on Water
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
A fascinating biography of the woman champion motorboat racer of the 1920s who in the '30s bought and became 'ruler' of an island in the British West Indies. 'Joe' Carstairs was born in London in 1900, the daughter of a Scottish colonel and an American heiress. Educated in Connecticut, she returned...
The Wicked Boy
An Infamous Murder in Victorian London
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
**Winner of the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime Book!
From the internationally bestselling author, a deeply researched and atmospheric murder mystery of late Victorian-era London**
In the summer of 1895, Robert Coombes (age 13) and his brother Nattie (age 12) were seen spending...
Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace
The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
"I think people marry far too much; it is such a lottery, and for a poor woman--bodily and morally the husband's slave--a very doubtful happiness." -Queen Victoria to her recently married daughter Vicky
Headstrong, high-spirited, and already widowed, Isabella Walker became Mrs. Henry...