On the night of 18th April 1876, Charles Bravo staggered out of his bedroom calling desperately for hot water, and collapsed.
He is dying, but from what? According to the housekeeper, he said he's accidently taken poison but then why won't he tell any of the six doctors called in the next three days and save himself from a slow and agonising death?
Now his widow, Florence, must take the stand. But as the press and prosecution pick through past loves and petty tragedies, Florence has questions of her own - about the housekeeper, Mrs Cox; about her father-in-law, Joseph Bravo; and most of all abnout her husband - charming, ambitious, treacherous, Charles Bravo.
Genre: Historical
He is dying, but from what? According to the housekeeper, he said he's accidently taken poison but then why won't he tell any of the six doctors called in the next three days and save himself from a slow and agonising death?
Now his widow, Florence, must take the stand. But as the press and prosecution pick through past loves and petty tragedies, Florence has questions of her own - about the housekeeper, Mrs Cox; about her father-in-law, Joseph Bravo; and most of all abnout her husband - charming, ambitious, treacherous, Charles Bravo.
Genre: Historical
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