| Description |
1 online resource (195 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; I The Old Bailey: May 14th, 1856; II The Wiles of Jane Widnall; III Mr Duffy's Sample Box; IV Colonel Brookes's Resolution; V Stafford Infirmary; VI At Bart's; VII The Courtship of Annie Brookes; VIII The Nursery; IX An Unfortunate Series of Deaths; X English Cholera; XI 'A Good Life'; XII A Gentleman of Property; XIII 'Two Narrow Shaves'; XIV Financial Straits; XV Death at The Talbot Arms; XVI Step-father to the Deceased; XVII The Inquest on John Parsons Cook; XVIII Stafford Gaol; XIX Unreliable Witnesses; XX Absent Witnesses |
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XXI If Doctors DisagreeXXII The Verdict; XXIII A Change in Public Opinion; XXIV The Execution; Endnotes |
| Summary |
The author of I, Claudius tells the tale of a notorious nineteenth-century poisoner: "A must for true-crime addicts" (Kirkus Reviews). A self-confessed forger, cheat, thief, and petty criminal, William Palmer was also a surgeon and a racehorse owner during the Victorian era who doped horses, fixed races, philandered unapologetically, and generally behaved as an all-around rogue. But the crime for which he was condemned was altogether more serious: poisoning numerous members of his family as well as a close friend. Based on the historic trial of a man characterized as a sociopath and a serial killer, Robert Graves tells the story of a man who was deeply flawed but ultimately not beyond redemption. They Hanged My Saintly Billy is brimming with humor, emotion, and social commentary. Told through the eyes of both friends and enemies, Palmer comes to life as a not-unsympathetic antihero |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Palmer, William, 1824-1856 -- Fiction
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| SUBJECT |
Palmer, William, 1824-1856 fast |
| Subject |
Outlaws -- Fiction
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FICTION -- Historical -- General.
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Outlaws
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780795337116 |
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0795337116 |
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