The General's Lady

The General's Lady, published in 1938, was based on the real story of Bathsheba Spooner, who hired two men to kill her patriot husband so she could run away with an Englishman. She was the only woman ever hanged in Worcester, for planning the murder of her husband. Her head is buried somewhere in Green Hill Park. The New Republic's review of The General's Lady stated, "To say that 'The General's Lady' is a remarkable novel is specifically true. It isn't exactly news. Miss Forbes has written remarkable novels before. This is something rarer than that." (Book Review Digest 1938, 331)