The Massey Murder
A Maid, Her Master and the Trial that Shocked a Country
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Narrated by:
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Susan Duerden
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Written by:
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Charlotte Gray
About this listen
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.
©2013 Chralotte Gray (P)2013 HarperCollins CanadaWhat listeners say about The Massey Murder
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- Pamela A Hurrell
- 2020-09-02
great history of Toronto, Canada
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.
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- Slick
- 2019-10-04
I couldn’t listen because of the narrator
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
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