The Cruel Mother - A Family Ghost Laid to Rest

In 1919 the author''s great-grandmother, Beth, gave birth to triplets. One of the babies died at birth and eleven days later she drowned the surviving twins in a bath of cold water. She was sentenced to an indefinite term of imprisonment at Broadmoor.>

About the author

Sian Busby is an award-winning writer, broadcaster and film maker. She is married to the BBC Business Editor, Robert Peston, and has two children. She lives in North London.

Product details

• Authors: Sian Busby, Busby Sian
• Publisher: Short Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 19.05.2005
• EAN: 9781904977063
• ISBN: 978-1-904977-06-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, TRUE CRIME / General, Family history, tracing ancestors, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Family History & Genealogy