The trial of Lizzie Borden [sound recording] : a true story / Cara Robertson.

Title:

ISBN:

9781508280521

Personal Author:

Robertson, Cara

Edition:

Unabridged.

Publication Information:

[New York, N.Y.] : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2019.

Physical Description:

10 audio discs (12 hrs.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Title from web page.

Compact discs.

Contents:

Somebody will do something -- An incredible crime -- The web tightens -- A most remarkable woman -- The curtain ascends -- Under fire -- A signal victory -- Intent, deliberation, and preparation -- Short, busy, and very important -- Last words in the great trial -- The old place -- The enduring enigma -- Coda: the defense file.

Summary:

Cara Robertson explores the stories Lizzie Borden's culture wanted and expected to hear and how those stories influenced the debate inside and outside of the courtroom. Based on transcripts of the Borden legal proceedings, contemporary newspaper accounts, unpublished local accounts, and recently unearthed letters from Lizzie herself, Robertson offers a window onto America in the Gilded Age, showcasing its most deeply held convictions and its most troubling social anxieties.

Personal Subject:

Borden, Lizzie, 1860-1927-Trials, litigation, etc.

Subject Term:

Trials (Murder)--Massachusetts--New Bedford -- History 19th century

Genre:

Audiobooks

Biographies

History

Trials, litigation, etc.

True crime stories

Added Author:

Carlin, Amanda