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The Trial of Lizzie Borden
by Cara Robertson
This title is no lie - it is really about the trial of Lizzie Borden. And no detail is spared. This is really a 3 1/2 star read (I rounded up) because I appreciate all the work and research but it often dragged. Trials that aren't made for TV can often be rather slow and tedious. Even a sensational trial-of-the-century. And this is very much a play-by-play of the entire trial.
However, now I feel like I have a much better sense of the Lizzie Borden case - whereas previously I only had fiction ([b:Maplecroft|20821288|Maplecroft (The Borden Dispatches #1)|Cherie Priest|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1394209050l/20821288._SX50_.jpg|40167149]), the "Lizzie Borden had an axe" rhyme, and the Wikipedia entry. Having read the book, I am quite convinced that Lizzie Borden did murder her father and stepmother, and got off entirely due to privilege (being a wealthy, Protestant, Anglo-Saxon woman, it beggared belief for many that she would commit two brutal murders).
P.S. I find it hilarious that even in the 19th century, true crime was a female fascination. There were many complaints about how women were packing the courtroom (of course, the males found it perfectly lovely for the pretty women to be observers.....).
However, now I feel like I have a much better sense of the Lizzie Borden case - whereas previously I only had fiction ([b:Maplecroft|20821288|Maplecroft (The Borden Dispatches #1)|Cherie Priest|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1394209050l/20821288._SX50_.jpg|40167149]), the "Lizzie Borden had an axe" rhyme, and the Wikipedia entry. Having read the book, I am quite convinced that Lizzie Borden did murder her father and stepmother, and got off entirely due to privilege (being a wealthy, Protestant, Anglo-Saxon woman, it beggared belief for many that she would commit two brutal murders).
P.S. I find it hilarious that even in the 19th century, true crime was a female fascination. There were many complaints about how women were packing the courtroom (of course, the males found it perfectly lovely for the pretty women to be observers.....).