A brutal murder of a child in the English village of Road in 1860 remained an unsolved crime until the sensational confession of Constance Emilie Kent in 1865.

If you are a true crime enthusiast, if you wonder about what happens to a woman, a human being, after they confess are tried and them imprisoned for twenty years, you will enjoy Noeline Kyle’s tracing of Constance Kent’s extraordinary life before, during and after this awful crime.

Constance Kent trained as a nurse at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, worked at the Coast Hospital at Little Bay, was matron of the notorious Parramatta Industrial School for Girls and matron of a nurses’ home in Maitland. She was a convicted murderess but lived to the grand old age of 100, under an assumed name and not once did anyone in the Antipodes suspect her true identity.

Noeline Kyle

Noeline Kyle has published widely in the fields of women's history, education and family history. She presents seminars on local and family history research and writing to community groups, family historians, local historians, and writing groups. She is currently teaching family history writing courses within the continuing education program at the University of Sydney, the NSW Writers' Centre and to local and family history societies Australia wide.

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