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      Watson's Apology

      by Beryl Bainbridge
      Published
      Sep 1985
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
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      224
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      After nearly thirty years of marriage, a Victorian clergyman, John Selby Watson, bludgeons his wife to death one Sunday afternoon after church. In this compelling tale by award-winning novelist Beryl Bainbridge, the seemingly ordinary history of their marriage unfolds until it climaxes in a sudden brutal act and a headline-grabbing trial. As true to the documented facts of this actual case as to the workings of her singular imagination, Bainbridge artfully reveals what history withholds: the motives, feelings, and insanity that drive the Watsons to their domestic tragedy.

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      General Fiction

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      Historical

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      Mar 1990 McGraw-Hill ISBN 0070032556
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      First Edition Sep 1985 McGraw-Hill ISBN 0070032548
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      Aug 1986 MacMillan ISBN 0745170080
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