Death at the Priory: Sex, Love and Murder in Victorian England

It took three tortured days in 1876 for Charles Bravo to die. Six doctors, including Queen Victoria's physician, had attempted to save him from the poison that burned its way through his body. The subsequent police investigation revealed a surprising number of people who harboured a grudge against the young barrister - just six months married - and who had both the means and motive to kill him. The dramatic inquest that followed was covered in sensational detail by the press. Yet in the end, no-one was ever convicted for Charles Bravo's murder. James Ruddick arrived at the scene of the crime over a century later to find the mystery still unexplained. Drawing on new evidence, his brilliant conclusion finally and emphatically solves one of the most famous murders in British criminal history.