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The Massey Murder

A Maid, Her Master and the Trial that Shocked a Country

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The Massey Murder

Auteur(s): Charlotte Gray
Narrateur(s): Susan Duerden
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In February 1915, a member of one of Canada’s wealthiest families was shot and killed on the front porch of his home in Toronto as he was returning from work. Carrie Davies, an 18-year-old domestic servant, quickly confessed. But who was the victim here? Charles "Bert" Massey, a scion of a famous family, or the frightened, perhaps mentally unstable Carrie, a penniless British immigrant?

When the brilliant lawyer Hartley Dewart, QC, took on her case, his grudge against the powerful Masseys would fuel a dramatic trial that pitted the old order against the new, wealth and privilege against virtue and honest hard work. Set against a backdrop of the Great War in Europe and the changing face of a nation, this sensational crime is brought to vivid life for the first time.

As in her previous best-selling book, Gold Diggers - now in production as a Discovery Television miniseries - multi-award-winning historian and biographer Charlotte Gray has created a captivating narrative rich in detail and brimming with larger-than-life personalities, as she shines a light on a central moment in our past.

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Had to speed up the book because of the narration. Get through it quicker.
Mispronounced so many places in Toronto and area.
However, very interesting story and if the history at the time.

Interesting History

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It is a shame because I was really looking forward to another book by Charlotte Gray but I just couldn’t listen in any speed

I couldn’t listen because of the narrator

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Well read, using different voices for characters. A lot of history and facts. Story line is based on what newspapers and other history facts dictated. Interesting to know about the Massey family and what happened in 1915.

great history of Toronto, Canada

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