The Swamp of Death: A True Tale of Victorian Lies and Murder

Gowers, Rebecca

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0241141680 ISBN 13: 9780241141687

Verlag: Hamish Hamilton, 2004

Reseña del editor:

Just over one hundred years ago, three young men, all under 25, set out from England for the Canadian backwoods - but within days of arriving one was dead and another arrested for murder. The details of the case, and the corrupt trial that followed, captured public attention to a quite incredible extent. The age of mass media was dawning, and newspapers - with the submarine telegraph at their disposal - turned the story into an international cause célèbre. But while everyone had their say, some essential questions remained unanswered: who actually killed Frederick Benwell, and was murder part of the original plan?

Biografía del autor:

Rebecca Gowers has previously been engaged in research at Oxford University on the relationships between true crime, Victorian detective literature, police detectives, and nineteenth-century technology. She has contributed to a wide range of newspapers and magazines. This is her first book.