Crime fiction set in WYOMING and MONTANA
Forgiveness- A sensation novel-The life and murder of Bessie Caroline Goodwin
Location(s): Derbyshire
Genre(s): Historical, Crime
Era(s): Victorian
Bessie Goodwin, a young woman of conscience and spirit, lives with her manipulative grandfather, Captain Francis Goodwin, at Wigwell Grange, near Wirksworth. In August of 1863 she is brutally murdered by George Townley, to whom she had previously been betrothed. Townley discovers that she is now in love with a young clergyman. Bessie refuses to disclose the identity of her new lover to George.
After he has stabbed Bessie, and given himself up, George asserts, to general incredulity, that his actions are morally justified. Samuel Leech, a small-time Derby solicitor, takes on the thankless task of representing George in court but he is about to work miracles …
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