Just finished (in the bath, as it happens) this account of the Victorian true-life murder of the three year old Saville Kent and its repocussions throughout the worlds of literature, politics and crime. It is a pacey and an intelligent read but BEWARE! The index, the list of illustrations and the photographs contain spoilers. This rather confounded me but to repay us, Kater Summerscale's afterword is packed with tidbits and sensation that keeps you white-knuckled to the last page.
Not for the faint of heart this is a belting read, as much for the way it lifts the lid on the victorians we think we kn ow as anything else.
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