Death at the Priory

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

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Charles Bravo (in pic) was murdered in a way you wouldn‘t wish on your worst enemy. Perhaps. I do not pity him. Ruddick researches an 1867 cold case and methodically lays out a theory about whodunit. He unearths some motives and eliminates some. I‘m convinced (enough for a layperson not a juror). I didn‘t like that Ruddick said he was using the process of elimination and then didn‘t—otherwise Bravo! (Bad pun.) #victorian #truecrime

LeahBergen Nicely reviewed! 👏🏻👏🏻 5y

jillrhudy @LeahBergen thanks! 5y

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jillrhudy

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

I wouldn‘t have heard of this Victorian true crime book if not for Littens! I don‘t even care who killed the rotten victim at this point but whoever it was REALLY wanted him to suffer. Yeeps! #truecrime #NFNovember #NFNov

veritysalter This definitely looks like my kind of book - stacked 📚Thank you for the recommendation. 5y

ljuliel This was very good ! 5y

jillrhudy @veritysalter I had to interlibrary loan it from the nearest big city library! It was worth it! 5y

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jillrhudy @veritysalter I owe @Mdargusch and @LeahBergen for this one and if you aren't following them you should!!! Their recs are on target! 5y

veritysalter Thank you, I follow @LeahBergen, her recommendations are always great. Following @Mdargusch now. 5y

LeahBergen @jillrhudy Aww, thanks! I‘m glad you enjoyed it, too. 😘 5y

LeahBergen @veritysalter Thank you! 😘 Yes, @Mdargusch is a favourite Litsy friend of mine. 5y

Mdargusch Sweet Littens ❤️❤️❤️ thanks for the kind words. @LeahBergen @jillrhudy 5y

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Mdargusch

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

This Victorian True Crime book is a real whodunit. Florence married Charles Bravo and the marriage was an unhappy one and it ended with Charles dying an agonizing death. Was he poisoned? If so, was it the wife, her lover, the housekeeper, or the stable hand? #poison #septemberdanes

Cinfhen, Kalalalatja

Cinfhen Interesting!!! I‘ve already stacked 6y

jillrhudy Evidently I stacked this already. Double stack!!! ✊🏻 6y

Kalalalatja Oooh, sounds like a real drama! 6y

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LeahBergen I almost picked this one for today‘s prompt, too. 😄 6y

Mdargusch It‘s an oldie but goodie @LeahBergen 6y

Reviewsbylola This was the first book that came to mind for this prompt but I think I posted about it semi recently. 6y

jillrhudy Got it at last! Had to to to a different library than mine and hold it from yet another library. 5y

Mdargusch I hope you like it @jillrhudy - I‘m a sucker for true crime but especially historical true crime! 5y

jillrhudy @Mdargusch I‘m about halfway through and really hoping it was a four-person conspiracy. Jerk!!! 5y

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LeahBergen

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

I just read this P.D. James quote and I think it fits quite nicely with today‘s photo challenge prompt.

#MostGruesomeCrimeScene
#MayLovesClassics
#LitsyClassics

Bambolina_81, Sarah83

mabell Wow! I love that! So true for me. 6y

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LeahBergen

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

This is how my Friday night is looking. 🙌🏻
I‘m finally getting around to this one!

Leftcoastzen wine is fine and that book looks interesting! 7y

rubyslippersreads I can spot your posts without even seeing your name! 😄 7y

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads I‘m trying to go for that “signature scent” thing here on Litsy with the blotter and the wine. 😂😂 And I ALWAYS know your posts immediately when I‘m scrolling, too. 😘 7y

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rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen You do a great job with staging, but even more than that, it's the books. 😊 7y

EvieBee A favorite of mine. Enjoy! 7y

Texreader This book looks so good. 7y

jillrhudy Ooooooooo 7y

Reviewsbylola Omgggg I hope you love it as much as I did! 6y

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Meredith3

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

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Yo, what do you do when your #excalling happens to be a smart mysterious older man that you‘re still kinda into, but you‘re married? Kill your husband, that‘s what 💁🏻‍♀️ #aprella

Cinfhen, Reviewsbylola, emilyhaldi, Mdargusch

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🤣🤣🤣 7y

Reviewsbylola Sounds about right!! 7y

emilyhaldi Good plan!! 🔪⚰️ 7y

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ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Woah - stacked! 7y

LaraReads 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 7y

Cinfhen 🏆Meredith for the win 🙌🏻💕 7y

Mdargusch Perfect! I loved this book. 7y

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Reviewsbylola

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

One of my favorite true crime books every. Charles Bravo was brutally poisoned. Despite a lot of interest in the case over the years (Agatha Christie was even involved at one point), the murderer was never discovered. Was it really his wife, Florence Ricardo? #alonewithyou #marchintooz

Cinfhen, Lizpixie

vivastory Sounds excellent. Stacked! 7y

Godmotherx5 Sounds good. 7y

Kaye Gotta get to this one of these days. It sounds good. I don‘t need a tbr. I need a ootd. One Of These Days. 7y

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Reviewsbylola You and me both!! @kaye. I need to start a triage system too to prioritize them. 😂 7y

Kaye Good idea. There‘s gotta be a good way to number these in order somehow. We will have to think on it a bit. 7y

Cinfhen Does sound like a good read!! 7y

Christine11 Sounds interesting! 😊 7y

emilyhaldi Adding this to my OOTD list 7y

Mdargusch I loved this book! 7y

LeahBergen I must read this soon! It‘s been on my shelf for too long. 😬 7y

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LeahBergen

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

#Death

Here's a seamy little work of true crime set in a posh Victorian manor. Did Florence Ricardo really murder her abusive husband and get away with it?

#JuneBookBugs

RealLifeReading

rubyslippersreads Sounds juicy! 😄 7y

saresmoore Ooh, I love it! 7y

Lcsmcat This looks good! 7y

EvieBee I loooved this book! One of my favorites. 7y

Hobbinol Um... do you have all these deadly dame books in one place... like a satanic altar or something... just asking...??? 7y

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