num_pages: 224
description: 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.
language: English
title: Watson's Apology
titlecomplete: Watson's Apology
genres: British Literature, Mystery, Historical Fiction, Fiction, True Crime, Crime
ratings_count: 146
publisher: Carroll & Graf