The Trial of Lizzie Borden

The Trial of Lizzie Borden

The remarkable new account of an essential piece of American mythologyâ€”the trial of Lizzie Bordenâ€”based on twenty years of research and recently unearthed evidence.

The Trial of Lizzie Borden tells the true story of one of the most sensational murder trials in American history. When Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally hacked to death in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August 1892, the arrest of the coupleâ€™s younger daughter Lizzie turned the case into international news and her 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. Everyoneâ€”rich and poor, suffragists and social conservatives, legal scholars and laypeopleâ€”had an opinion about Lizzie Bordenâ€™s guilt or innocence. Was she a cold-blooded murderess or an unjustly persecuted lady? Did she or didnâ€™t she?

The popular fascination with the Borden murders and its central enigmatic character has endured for more than one hundred years. Immortalized in rhyme, told and retold in every conceivable genre, the murders have secured a place in the American pantheon of mythic horror, but one typically wrenched from its historical moment. In contrast, Cara Robertson explores the stories Lizzie Bordenâ€™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 Based on transcripts of the Borden legal proceedings, contemporary newspaper accounts, unpublished local accounts, and recently unearthed letters from Lizzie herself, The Trial of Lizzie Borden offers a window onto America in the Gilded Age, showcasing its most deeply held convictions and its most troubling social anxieties.
Country USA
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2019-03-12
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2019-03-12
Format	Kindle eBook

The Trial of Lizzie Borden

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