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A Commonplace Killing
On a damp July morning in 1946, two schoolboys find a woman"s body in a bomb site in north London. In this gripping murder story, Sian Busby gradually peels away the veneer of stoicism and respectability to reveal the dark truths at the heart of postwar austerity Britain.
McNaughten
This novel tells of a young Scotsman called Daniel McNaughten who has been on a journey, a descent into his own despair, mirroring the tribulations of society at large. His journey ends in London with the murder of an apparently innocent man.
Boudicca
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Cruel Mother
In 1919 Sian Busby's great-grandmother, Beth, gave birth to triplets. One of the babies died at birth and eleven days later she drowned the surviving twins in a bath of cold water. She was sentenced to an indefinite term of imprisonment at Broadmoor. The murder and the deep sense of shame it generated obviously affected Beth, her husband and their surviving children to an extraordinary degree, but it also resounded through the lives of her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. In Sian's case, ill-suppressed knowledge of the event manifested itself in recurring nightmares and contributed towards a prolonged bout of post-natal depression. After the birth of her second son, she decided to investigate the story once and for all and lay to rest the ghosts which have haunted the family for 80 years...
The Cruel Mother
In 1919 the author"s great-grandmother, Beth, gave birth to triplets. One of the babies died at birth and eleven days later she drowned the surviving twins in a bath of cold water. She was sentenced to an indefinite term of imprisonment at Broadmoor.
A Wonderful Little Girl
On a winter's day in 1869, two surgeons performed an autopsy on the body of a 12-year-old Welsh girl who had died in strange circumstances. Though very beautiful, there were signs that she had suffered greatly towards the end. This is the true story of a remarkable child, who enchanted everyone, but who, at the age of 10, suddenly took to her bed. During the last 2 years of her life she allegedly had nothing to eat or drink at all, and yet mysteriously survived. Sarah Jacob's family claimed she was a miracle, and as her fame grew, thousands flocked to her bedside. Was she living on thin air? Doctors felt compelled to investigate and began a round-the-clock vigil which quickly killed her. Sarah Jacob was a tragic child celebrity—a victim of the era in which she lived, when Science and Faith were grappling with the conscience of man.
Brown's Britain
When Gordon Brown reluctantly stepped aside in the race for the Labour leadership in 1994, he entered into a fragile, turbulent but hugely successful political marriage. In return for the keys to Number 10, Tony Blair was forced to cede almost complete control over the domestic agenda to his Chancellor.In Brown's Britain, award-winning journalist Robert Peston explains for the first time the REAL nature of the relationship between Blair and Brown. With the ease of a born storyteller, he gives the first truly authoritative account of the extraordinary deal they did back in 1994, and reveals the amazing details of the events of the past year, when Blair offered to stand down in favour of Brown and then summarily withdrew the offer.This book, for which Peston was granted unprecedented access to the Chancellor and his friends and colleagues, draws back the veil on the brooding man ...
"A Wonderful Little Girl"
This is the true story of Sarah Jacob, who at the age of ten, took to her bed, allegedly had nothing to eat or drink at all - and yet mysteriously survived for two years. Sarah's family claimed she was a miracle, and as her fame grew, thousands flocked to her bedside. Was she living on thin air?
Forgotten Lunatics of the Great War
This is a poignant, sometimes ribald, history of the rank-and-file servicemen who were psychiatric casualties of World War One.
The Cruel Mother
Recounts how the author's experience with severe postpartum depression prompts her investigation of a family mystery involving her great-grandmother's imprisonment for the murders of her surviving triplets, an event that the subsequent generations of their family endeavored to suppress.
