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A Scottish Murder: Rewriting the Madeleine Smith Story by Jimmy Powdrell-Campbell
Thursday, 9th July, 1857: the atmosphere outside the High Court in Edinburgh is charged to fever pitch as the crowd awaits the verdict at the end of the most sensational trial of the century. Hanging in the balance is the life of Madeleine Smith, attractive 22-year-old daughter of a prosperous Glasgow architect.
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First published July 1, 2007
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May 20, 2024
Interesting and credible theory but most of the book is filled with verbatim court speeches, letters and even a very long will and testament (of the accused's sister!!) without much explanation. Very wordy!
March 12, 2018
Case closed!
January 23, 2014
I just discovered the author's Website about the book. It is much more comprehensible than I found the book to be. The writing was ponderous. I merely scanned the verbatim closing arguments of the prosecution and the defense. While Powdrell-Campbell's research and fresh interpretation of the documents related to this case are laudatory, his telling of the story was burdensome to read. I did enjoy reading about Madeline's life after the trial.
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