The Wicked Boy

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An infamous murder in Victorian London. On 8 July 1895, thirteen year old Robert Coombes and his younger brother Nattie set out from their East London home to watch a cricket match. Over the next ten days they spent extravagantly, visiting the theatre and eating out. The boys told their neighbour their father had gone to sea, and their mother to visit family in Liverpool. But when a strange smell began to emanate from the house, the police were called. What they found threw the press into a frenzy - and the boys into a highly publised trial. Paperback in excellent condition. Covers and all pages clean and unmarked, apart from a very small name and date on inside front cover.

4.99 GBP