• The Borden Murders

  • Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century
  • By: Sarah Miller
  • Narrated by: André Santana
  • Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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The Borden Murders

By: Sarah Miller
Narrated by: André Santana
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Publisher's summary

With murder, court battles, and sensational newspaper headlines, the story of Lizzie Borden is compulsively listenable and perfect for the Common Core.

Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one.

In a compelling, linear narrative, Miller takes listeners along as she investigates a brutal crime: the August 4, 1892, murders of wealthy and prominent Andrew and Abby Borden. The accused? Mild-mannered and highly respected Lizzie Borden, daughter of Andrew and stepdaughter of Abby. Most of what is known about Lizzie’s arrest and subsequent trial (and acquittal) comes from sensationalized newspaper reports; as Miller sorts fact from fiction, and as a legal battle gets under way, a gripping portrait of a woman and a town emerges.

Listeners will devour this nonfiction book that comes across like fiction.

A School Library Journal Best Best Book of the Year

"Sure to be a hit with true crime fans everywhere."—School Library Journal, Starred

©2016 Sarah Miller (P)2023 Listening Library

Critic reviews

“Like a historical version of ‘Law & Order,’ the book chronologically reviews and defines the case in lively prose…Miller presents the macabre subject matter so objectively that readers will find their opinions of Borden’s criminal potential shifting from chapter to chapter.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Fans of the podcast Serial will find much to enjoy here, as each chapter reveals a new piece of the puzzle and examines it from every angle available…Sure to be a hit with true crime fans everywhere.”—School Library Journal starred review

"The high-appeal topic will attract many readers, and the suspenseful account will have them trying to solve this still unresolved murder mystery."—Kirkus Reviews

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