![]() The whole of London, from monarch to street urchins, was gripped by the gory details of the Russell murder, but behind it was another story, a work of fiction, and a fierce debate about censorship and morality. Her elderly master, Lord William Russell, was lying in bed with his throat cut so deeply that the head was almost severed. Highly recommended!' Alison WeirĮarly in the morning of, on an ultra-respectable Mayfair street, a footman answered the door to a panic-stricken maid from a nearby house. ![]() I devoured it in one sitting, and was at once enthralled and chilled. 'This beautifully produced and impressively researched historical account of a celebrated Victorian murder with a literary twist reads like a thriller. ![]()
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