I enjoyed The Second-last Woman in England by Maggie Joel which is a fictional story. The author begins with the murder of Cecil Wallis by his wife Harriet in 1953. The author was inspired to create her main character, Harriet, based on the last woman to be hanged in England, Ruth Ellis. The story begins with the shocking murder on Coronation Day then the reader is taken back nine months before that day of the murder when Harriet receives an unexpected visitor, her brother Freddie, who has been away for a number of years. Another character in the story is the new nanny, Jean Corbett, who has a special reason for taking the position in the Wallis household. It's a good story revealing the society of that time. 41/2/5Saturday, December 17, 2011
The Second-last Woman in England
I enjoyed The Second-last Woman in England by Maggie Joel which is a fictional story. The author begins with the murder of Cecil Wallis by his wife Harriet in 1953. The author was inspired to create her main character, Harriet, based on the last woman to be hanged in England, Ruth Ellis. The story begins with the shocking murder on Coronation Day then the reader is taken back nine months before that day of the murder when Harriet receives an unexpected visitor, her brother Freddie, who has been away for a number of years. Another character in the story is the new nanny, Jean Corbett, who has a special reason for taking the position in the Wallis household. It's a good story revealing the society of that time. 41/2/5
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