The Wicked Boy: An Infamous Murder in Victorian London

by Kate Summerscale

Book Overview

Winner of the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime Book From the internationally bestselling author, a deeply researched and atmospheric murder mystery of late Victorian-era London In the summer of 1895, Robert Coombes (age 13) and his brother Nattie (age 12) were seen spending lavishly around the docklands of East London -- for ten days in July, they ate out at coffee houses and took trips to the seaside and the theater. The boys told neighbors they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143110462
• ISBN13: 9780143110460
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.0"