| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (some colour) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Author's Note -- Prologue: Death in Berlin -- 1. Ridgway St -- 2. Blackmail -- 3. The Trial -- 4. Mackay -- 5. Motive -- 6. Prison -- 7. Punishment -- 8. London -- 9. Berlin -- 10. Blutmai -- 11. Cresswell -- 12. Nemesis -- 13. Erasure -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Copyright |
| Summary |
"In 1920 New Zealanders were shocked by the news that the brilliant, well-connected mayor of Whanganui had shot a young gay poet, D'Arcy Cresswell, who was blackmailing him. They were then riveted by the trial that followed. Mackay was sentenced to hard labour and later left the country, only to be shot by a police sniper during street unrest in Berlin during the rise of the Nazis. Mackay had married into Whanganui high society, and the story has long been the town's dark secret. The outcome of years of digging by historian Paul Diamond, 'Downfall: The destruction of Charles Mackay' shines a clear light on the vengeful impulses behind the blackmail and Mackay's ruination"--Back cover |
| Notes |
Archived by the National Library of New Zealand in PDF and JPEG. Nz |
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Hypertext links contained in the archived instances of this title may not be functional. Nz |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Mackay, Charles, 1875-1929
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Cresswell, Walter D'Arcy, 1896-1960
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| SUBJECT |
Cresswell, Walter D'Arcy, 1896-1960 fast |
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Gay men -- New Zealand -- Biography
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Gay men -- New Zealand -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Homophobia -- History -- 20th century
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Gay men
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Gay men -- Social conditions
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Homophobia
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| SUBJECT |
Whanganui (N.Z.) -- History -- 20th century
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| Subject |
New Zealand
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New Zealand -- Whanganui
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781991016201 |
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1991016204 |
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