Cara Robertson (Trustee; NHC Fellow, 2004–05; 2005–06)
Project Title, 2004–05
The Canning Affair: Law and Evidence in the Eighteenth Century
Independent Scholar (United States of America)
Project Title, 2005–06
The Canning Affair: Law and Evidence in the Eighteenth Century; The Trial of Lizzie Borden
Independent Scholar (United States of America)
Return to All Fellows
Fellowship Work Summary, 2004–05
Cara W. Robertson wrote five of seven chapters of her book The Trial of Lizzie Borden (under contract with Random House).
Fellowship Work Summary, 2005–06
Cara W. Robertson completed the draft of her book The Trial of Lizzie Borden (under contract with Random House). She also wrote two op-ed pieces for the Boston Globe: “Court (of a Sort) Is in Session” (October 17, 2005) concerning the trial of Saddam Hussein, and “No Judgment at the Hague” (March 14, 2006) about the death of Slobodan Milosevic.