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The electrifying story of a criminal Quaker, a poisoned mistress, and the dawn of the information age in Victorian England
John Tawell was a sincere Quaker but a sinning one. Convicted of forgery, he was transported to Sydney, where he made a fortune. When he returned home to England, he thought he would be welcomed, but he was shunned. Then on New Year's Day 1845 Tawell boarded the train from Slough to London Paddington. Soon, men arrived chasing a suspected murderer – but the train had departed. The Great Western Railway was experimenting with a new-fangled device, the electric telegraph, so a message was sent: a 'KWAKER' man was on the run. The trial that followed became a sensation.
Told with narrative verve and rich in historical research, this is a delicious true tale of murder and scientific revolution in Victorian England.
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'Reading this account of a real-life crime in 1845 is an experience close to time travel. Through impressive research and unshowy prose, Baxter whisks us back to the start of the modern age... Totally irresistible.' --Independent
'As lively and readable as a crime novel. Normally, that would be good enough; but this is a book of two halves its unique selling point is the invention of the telegraph' --The Times
'A fascinating history, mystery and portrait of a complex contradictory man.' --Daily Mail
'As lively and readable as a crime novel. Normally, that would be good enough; but this is a book of two halves its unique selling point is the invention of the telegraph' --The Times
'A fascinating history, mystery and portrait of a complex contradictory man.' --Daily Mail
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Carol Baxter is the prize-winning author of three popular histories with a criminal bent An Irresistible Temptation, Breaking the Bank and Captain Thunderbolt and His Lady all of which have been published to critical acclaim in her native Australia. Previously, she was general Editor of the Biographical Database of Australia and, before that, Project Officer of the Australian Biographical and genealogical Record, in which roles she edited many records relating to convicts transported to Australia to serve out their sentences. These helped her to discover the subjects for her tales of true crime. She is a Fellow of the Society of Australian genealogists and an adjunct lecturer at the University of New England (NSW). A full-time writer and speaker, she lives in Sydney.
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- EditoreOneworld Publications
- Data di pubblicazione2014
- ISBN 10 178074403X
- ISBN 13 9781780744032
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- LinguaInglese
- Numero di pagine424
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