The wicked boy
Summerscale, Kate, 1965-2016
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Early in the morning of Monday 8 July 1895, 13-year-old Robert Coombes and his 12-year-old brother Nattie set out from their small terraced house in East London to watch a cricket match at Lord's. Their father had gone to sea the previous Friday, the boys told their neighbours, and their mother was visiting her family in Liverpool. Over the next ten days Robert and Nattie spent extravagantly, pawning their parents' valuables to fund trips to the theatre and the seaside. But as the sun beat down on the Coombes house, a strange smell began to emanate from the building. When the police were called to investigate, the discovery they made sent the press into a frenzy of horror and alarm, and Robert and Nattie were swept up in a criminal trial that echoed the outrageous plots of the 'penny dreadful' novels that Robert loved to read. Kate Summerscale uncovers a true story of murder and morality.
Main title:
The wicked boy / Kate Summerscale.
Author:
Summerscale, Kate, 1965-, author
Edition:
Large print pbk ed
Imprint:
Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2016.
Collation:
384 pages (large print)
Notes:
Standard print edition originally published: London: Bloomsbury.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781510034563 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.1523083092LP364.152364.1
LC class:
HV9067.H6
Local class:
LP364.152RAFLP
Language:
English
Subject:
Coombes, Robert, 1882-1949 -- Childhood and youthCoombes, Nathaniel, 1883-1946 -- Childhood and youthCoombes, Robert, 1882-1949 -- Trials, litigation, etcCoombes, Nathaniel, 1883-1946 -- Trials, litigation, etcJuvenile homicide -- England -- London -- History -- 19th centuryMurder -- Investigation -- England -- London -- History -- 19th centuryLarge type booksCrimeCrime
BRN:
1655624