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Category : Trials
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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A Complete Collection of State-trials, and Proceedings for High-treason, and Other Crimes and Misdemeanours: 1696-1709
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Category : Trials
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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Publisher:
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Category : Trials
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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A Complete Collection of State-trials and Proceedings for High-treason, and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors: 1696-1709
Author: Sollom Emlyn
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Category : Trials
Languages : en
Pages : 864
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Publisher:
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Category : Trials
Languages : en
Pages : 864
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The Disappearance of Maria Glenn
Author: Naomi Clifford
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473863325
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A kidnapping, an elopement gone wrong, and a sensational nineteenth-century trial are only the beginning of this Regency mystery. England, 1817. Barrister George Tuckett wakes to discover that his sixteen-year-old niece Maria Glenn, reputed heiress to West Indian sugar plantations, is missing. It seems she has been abducted by the Bowditches, a local farming family, who intend to force her to marry one of their sons. While Maria is ultimately rescued, the investigation that follows uncovers a complex and disturbing web of lies. At a drama-filled trial that is the talk of the country, four are sentenced to prison. When a cabal of powerful people begin a campaign to destroy Maria’s testimony, her supporters fall away and she is openly vilified. Her enemies have her arrested for perjury, and soon she is forced to flee into exile. Yet the story of conspiracy and deception does not end there, as Maria and her uncle are to suffer one final and devastating betrayal . . . Deftly exploring the details of a case that had many in England taking sides, The Disappearance of Maria Glenn is an intriguing fictionalized account of a tawdry tale that will entice readers of both Regency romance and historical mystery.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473863325
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A kidnapping, an elopement gone wrong, and a sensational nineteenth-century trial are only the beginning of this Regency mystery. England, 1817. Barrister George Tuckett wakes to discover that his sixteen-year-old niece Maria Glenn, reputed heiress to West Indian sugar plantations, is missing. It seems she has been abducted by the Bowditches, a local farming family, who intend to force her to marry one of their sons. While Maria is ultimately rescued, the investigation that follows uncovers a complex and disturbing web of lies. At a drama-filled trial that is the talk of the country, four are sentenced to prison. When a cabal of powerful people begin a campaign to destroy Maria’s testimony, her supporters fall away and she is openly vilified. Her enemies have her arrested for perjury, and soon she is forced to flee into exile. Yet the story of conspiracy and deception does not end there, as Maria and her uncle are to suffer one final and devastating betrayal . . . Deftly exploring the details of a case that had many in England taking sides, The Disappearance of Maria Glenn is an intriguing fictionalized account of a tawdry tale that will entice readers of both Regency romance and historical mystery.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 764
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 764
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Dictionary Catalog of the University Library, 1919-1962
Author: University of California, Los Angeles. Library
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1062
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1062
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Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason
Author: Thomas Bayly Howell
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 788
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Anglo-American Law Collections
Author: Mortimer D. Schwartz
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Catalogue
Author: Guernsey (Channel Islands). Royal Court. Law and General Library
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors
Author:
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Category : Trials
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Trials
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period to the Year 1783
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 778
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