Some Distinguished Victims of the Scaffold (Classic Reprint)

Horace Bleackley

ISBN 10: 1331175518 / ISBN 13: 9781331175513

Editore: Forgotten Books, 2024

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Print on Demand. This book presents a collection of case studies analyzing the criminal lives of several prominent figures from the 18th century. Among them is Mary Blandy, a 25-year-old woman who, desperate to marry her impoverished lover, sought the aid of a purported love potion to win her father's approval. The author argues that the love potion was in fact arsenic, and the jury at the time of Blandy's trial found her guilty of parricide. Through the lens of Blandy's life and crime, the author takes a broader view on criminal history, exploring how major societal events and changes in the criminal justice system shaped the nature of crime and punishment during the Georgian era. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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• Titolo: Some Distinguished Victims of the Scaffold (Classic Reprint)
• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1331175518
• ISBN 13: 9781331175513
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Tipo di libro: print-on-demand item
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Biography and Autobiography

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Excerpt from Some Distinguished Victims of the Scaffold

Each crime, moreover, bears the distinct impress of its epoch. None other but the dark night that separates a gorgeous sunset from the brilliant dawn could witness the sombre tragedy at Henley. While the nation begins its eager life as a young apprentice to trade, Tom Idle is found among the recreants, and many a sparkling macaroni like Daniel Perreau prefers to stake his all in Exchange Alley to pursuing laborious days. Wynne Ryland is dazzled by the birth of a most radiant springtide when the world becomes clothed in beauty, and man seems to have stolen the heavenly flame. Then comes the clash of arms and the strife of worlds, when the red giants are unchained, and the life of ten thousand men is naught in the policy of a statesman. With the story of the Maid of Butter mere we perceive again one of the spirits of the age vain, ruthless Strephon in dandy attire pursuing his Phyllis, shallow-pated and simple. And last, the era of Henry Fauntleroy, when the nation has grown rich, and man must choose between the scarlet of the Corinthian, and the dull, sober garb of toil - a strange mingling of black and crimson.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.