The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer by Kate Summerscale

The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer

Kate Summerscale

9 hours, 22 minutes first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history true crime dark informative medium-paced

Description

Early in the morning of Monday 8 July 1895, thirteen-year-old Robert Coombes and his twelve-year-old brother Nattie set out from their small, yellow-brick terraced house in East London to watch a cricket match at Lord's. Their father had gone to s...

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informative 90%
dark 80%
emotional 36%
sad 29%
mysterious 24%
reflective 24%
hopeful 21%
challenging 14%
tense 12%
adventurous 7%
inspiring 7%

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slow 45%
fast 2%

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