The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master, and the Trial That Shocked a Country
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In February 1915, a member of one of Canada's wealthiest families was shot and killed on the front porch of his home in Toronto as he was returning from work. Carrie Davies, an 18-year-old domestic servant, quickly confessed. But who was the victim here? Charles "Bert" Massey, a scion of a famous family, or the frightened, perhaps mentally unstable Carrie, a penniless British immigrant? When the brilliant lawyer Hartley Dewart, QC, took on her case, his grudge against the powerful Masseys would fuel a dramatic trial that pitted the old order against the new, wealth and privilege against virtue and honest hard work. Set against a backdrop of the Great War in Europe and the changing face of a nation, this sensational crime is brought to vivid life for the first time.
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ISBN: 9781443436427
Published Date: January 1, 2014
Publisher: Harper Collins
Language: English
Page Count: 308
Size: 9.09" l x 6.04" w x 1.12" h
Category
History & Geography
Subject
General