The Damnation of John Donellan
Elizabeth McGregor, Elizabeth Cooke
The Damnation of John Donellan: A Mysterious Case of Death and Scandal in Georgian England
In August 1780 Sir Theodosius Boughton, a dissolute Old Etonian twenty-year-old and heir to a Warwickshire fortune, died in painful convulsions after taking his medicine. The following year after an inquest and trial which became a cause celebre, his brother-in-law, Captain John 'Diamond' Donellan, Irish soldier of fortune and man about town, was tried for his murder. The trial was a shambles. And was Donellan guilty? Based on extensive research and the engrossing trial transcripts Elizabeth Cooke's book shows the dark and violent underside of the society of Mansfield Park.
In August 1780 Sir Theodosius Boughton, a dissolute Old Etonian twenty-year-old and heir to a Warwickshire fortune, died in painful convulsions after taking his medicine. The following year after an inquest and trial which became a cause celebre, his brother-in-law, Captain John 'Diamond' Donellan, Irish soldier of fortune and man about town, was tried for his murder. The trial was a shambles. And was Donellan guilty? Based on extensive research and the engrossing trial transcripts Elizabeth Cooke's book shows the dark and violent underside of the society of Mansfield Park.
Կատեգորիաներ:
Տարի:
2011
Հրատարակում:
1
Հրատարակչություն:
Profile Books
Լեզու:
english
Էջեր:
302
ISBN 10:
1847657524
ISBN 13:
9781847657527
Ֆայլ:
EPUB, 4.05 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2011
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