A Private Disgrace: Lizzie Borden by Daylight (Library of Crime Classics) [Paperback]

Victoria Lincoln (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 317 pages
• Publisher: Intl Polygonics Ltd (June 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0930330358
• ISBN-13: 978-0930330354
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #330,273 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Victoria Lincoln is best known for "A Private Disgrace: Lizzie Borden by Daylight." Born and raised in Fall River, Massachusetts, in the early 1900s, Ms. Lincoln understood the social milieu in which the famous murders occurred, and thus brings a unique perspective to the Lizzy Borden case. Her final book, "Teresa, a Woman: A Biography of Teresa of Avila," about the 16th century Spanish saint, was published by State University of New York Press. Over a long career she also wrote many short stories and novels. She had early success with "February Hill," which portrays a charming, thoroughly unconventional family and was later adapted for the stage by George Abbott as "The Primrose Path" (1939). Other novels included "Charles," a biographical novel about Charles Dickens, and "A Dangerous Innocence," set at the time of the Salem witch trials.

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book By Far About Lizzie B., November 21, 2002

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Dean Glass (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Private Disgrace: Lizzie Borden by Daylight (Library of Crime Classics) (Paperback)

I have read many, many books about the Lizzie Borden case, and this one is the best. Not only is it so well-written that I find it impossible to put down, it gives an indepth history of the case and presents many facts which previously had been ignored. Although I don't necessarily believe Miss Lincoln's solution to the case (her diagnosis of Lizzie's temporal epilepsy is a bit far-fetched), I entirely believe her assertions that Lizzie hid her dress under another dress, that Lizzie wore her father's coat while she killed him, and that Lizzie did go to the barn to break the hatchet handle with the "vice-like thing" and was seen by the ice cream vendor. Miss Lincoln writes with the premise that since she is a woman and from Fall River, she can better understand Lizzie, the woman, than any other writer. She may be right. She has an uncanny ability to take the most innocuous comments made by Lizzie and others and see them for what they really were: clues. This is a good starting place for a Lizzie Borden novice, and a good read for someone who is just curious about the case or just enjoys a good book.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The only "must have" Lizzie book, January 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A private disgrace: Lizzie Borden by daylight (Hardcover)

Exceptionally well-written, informative, and highly entertaining, this book rivals "In Cold Blood" as one of the best true crime books I've ever read. I don't necessarily buy all of the theories presented here, but they are among the most plausible ever presented.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For my money, the best of them all about Lizzie..., February 2, 2002

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William E. Adams (Midland, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Private Disgrace: Lizzie Borden by Daylight (Chronicles of Crime) (Hardcover)

I have been interested in Lizzie Borden for 40 years, and have read at least a dozen books on the case. I think this is the best of the lot. If you can find a copy, hard or paper, new or used, you can't go wrong. Read it for entertainment, or for scholarship. Mrs. Lincoln really did this one right.