During World War I, Letitia Leake may have looked like a proper and patriotic English lady. But her childhood – half a world away – was a saga of alleged murder, infidelity, bigamy and corruption. Professor Carol Grbich, co-author of The Accidental Heiress, joins the show with more.

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