In her enthralling, richly imagined new novel, Brandy Purdy, author of The Ripper’s Wife, creates a compelling portrait of the real, complex woman behind an unthinkable crime. Lizzie Borden should be one of the most fortunate young women in Fall River, Massachusetts. Her wealthy father could easily afford to provide his daughters with fashionable clothes, travel, and a rich, cultured life. Instead, haunted by the ghost of childhood poverty, he forces Lizzie and her sister, Emma, to live frugally, denying them the simplest modern conveniences. Suitors and socializing are discouraged, as her father views all gentleman callers as fortune hunters. Lonely and deeply unhappy, Lizzie stifles her frustration, dreaming of the freedom that will come with her eventual inheritance. But soon, even that chance of future independence seems about to be ripped away.
And on a stifling August day in 1892, Lizzie’s long-simmering anger finally explodes… Vividly written and thought-provoking, The Secrets of Lizzie Borden explores the fascinating events behind a crime that continues to grip the public imagination—a story of how thwarted desires and desperate rage could turn a dutiful daughter into a notorious killer.
The Secrets of Lizzie Borden
by Brandy Purdy
Publication Date:
January 26, 2016
Kensington Books
eBook & Print;
Kensington Books
eBook & Print;
Pages: 384
Genre: Historical Fiction
AMAZON | BARNES & NOBLE | BOOK DEPOSITORY | KOBO
About the Author
Brandy Purdy (Emily Purdy in the UK) is the author of the historical
novels THE CONFESSION OF PIERS GAVESTON, THE BOLEYN WIFE (THE TUDOR
WIFE), THE TUDOR THRONE (MARY & ELIZABETH), THE QUEEN’S PLEASURE (A
COURT AFFAIR), THE QUEEN’S RIVALS (THE FALLEN QUEEN), THE BOLEYN BRIDE,
and THE RIPPER’S WIFE. An ardent book lover since early childhood, she
first became interested in history at the age of nine or ten years old
when she read a book of ghost stories which contained a chapter about
Anne Boleyn haunting the Tower of London. Visit her website at www.brandypurdy.com, you can also follow her on Facebook as Brandy Purdy aka Emily Purdy.
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