LIZZIE BORDEN A Study in Conjecture

Hardback. 1st UK Edn. PRESENTATION COPY. In telling the story of the famous Fall River murder, the author shows her famous flair for analysing motives. This is more of a psychological study and does not touch on the trial of Lizzie Borden. She departs from the line, universally taken, that Lizzie committed the murders because she did not like her stepmother and thought her father mean and unkind. The author holds that this could not have been the real reason for her crime, but that there must have been another much more powerful. She believed that the key to this may be found in Lizzie Borden's visit to Paris, and that while there, went through some sort of emotional crisis which gave a clue that had been overlooked by students of this famous crime. The author has made a study of contemporary American life in the late 1880's and 90's for the purposes of this story. She believed that Lizzie was the product of her time, which was, of course the Victorian Age. The style of the novel faithfully recreates that atmosphere. 254pp. small 8vo. h/back. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Nr. F. in a protected Nr. F. dw. A rare UK edn.