Authors: Meira Chand
The Painted Cage (43 page)
The story of Amy Redmore ends here. The character who inspired her creation, Edith Carew, was returned after her conviction in Yokohama to England, to Aylesbury Prison. There, despite repeated petitions for her retrial by a variety of eminent people, including Lord Salisbury, and also her dead husband’s family, she served sentence until 1910 when Winston Churchill, then Home Secretary, released her under licence. During her time in Aylesbury Prison she was reported to be a model prisoner. On her release from prison she intended to enter a convent and take holy vows.
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