Murder in the Tower : and other tales from the state trials / Alan Wharam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wharam, Alan.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trials--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Trials.

Trials--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Great Britain--History.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

vi, 275 pages : illustrations, facsimile, portrait ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England : Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2001]

Contents:

1 The Impoisonment of Sir Thomas Overbury 10

2 The Princess and the Perjuror 35

3 The Bawdy House Riots 43

4 A Tavern Brawl: The Trial of Philip, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery 54

5 A Most Unusual Elopement: The Trial of Lord Grey of Werk 64

6 The Rye House Plot 82

I The Plot 82

II The Trials of Thomas Walcot, William Hone and William, Lord Russell 91

III The Trials of John Rouse and William Blague 97

IV The Trial of Colonel Algernon Sidney 102

V The Aftermath of the Rye House Plot 107

VI Murther in the Tower: 13 July 1683 - The Death of Arthur Capel, Earl of Essex 118

7 An Irish Interlude 149

8 A Crime of Passion: The Trial of Lord Mohun 153

9 The Old King's Head Conspiracy 164

10 The Voyage of the Charles the Second 190

11 The Voyage of the Loyal Clencarty: The Trial of Captain Thomas Vaughan 198

12 A Duel in the Dark 208

13 The Barrister and the Quaker: R. v. Cowper, Stephens, Rogers and Marson 216

14 Captain Kidd and the Adventure Galley 233

15 Scratching a Witch 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0754604705

OCLC:

47118935