The Devilish Dumplings: Elizabeth Fenning

In 1815 London, the Turners sat down to a nice family dinner of rump steak and dumplings. Little did they know it might be their final meal. Within hours doctors were called to the house, where they discovered the family and the servants all gravely ill. Suspicion quickly fell on the young cook - 22-year-old Eliza Fenning. As a poor servant girl in a society ruled by class and facing a legal system that protects the elite, the odds of proving her innocence and avoiding execution were slim.

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