Kate Summerscale : Exclusive Interview From The Interview Online
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Kate Summerscale
The true & riveting story of The Murder at Road Hill House enthralled the whole of the UK in the 1860’s as everyone had an opinion as to who killed three-year-old Saville Kent.
Jack Whicher, the most celebrated detective of the day is sent to solve the murder. Each member of the family gained notoriety as every movement on that fateful night was scrutinised. The case inspired writers most notably Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens.
Listen to Kate Summerscale explaining to Nicola Barranger what happened that fateful night and her feeling about the story now.
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Kate Summerscale has been awarded the BBC Four Samuel Johnson prize for The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher - Britain's richest prize for non-fiction worth £30,000.