Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Coventry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGrory, David.

Series:

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--England--Coventry--History.

Crime--England--History--19th century.

Crime--Sociological aspects--England.

Local Subjects:

Crime--England--Coventry--History.

Crime--England--History--19th century.

Crime--Sociological aspects--England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: Wharncliffe, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Coventry takes the reader on a sinister journey from medieval times to the twentieth century, meeting villains, cut-throats, traitors, witches, martyrs and suicidal lovers along the way. David McGrory records crime and punishment in the city in all its shocking variety. Among the many awful episodes he recalls are the brutal execution of a regicide as well as martyrdoms and a witchcraft murder in the medieval period. He retells the story of a triple execution at Gibbet Hill, chronicles poisonings and drownings in the Georgian and Victorian eras, and describe

Contents:

""FOUL DEEDS AND SUSPICIOUS DEATHS Series""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 1 - Marmion, Nonant, Ribbaud and Others""; ""CHAPTER 2 - Murder by Witchcraft""; ""CHAPTER 3 - The Broadgate Murder and other Fifteenth-Century Deeds""; ""CHAPTER 4 - The Coventry Martyrs""; ""CHAPTER 5 - Mayors and Murder""; ""CHAPTER 6 - Murder in Cromwell�s Coventry""; ""CHAPTER 7 - Soldiers Shot in the Park""; ""CHAPTER 8 - The Murder of Thomas Edwards 1765""; ""CHAPTER 9 - Murder at the Toll Gate 1772""

""CHAPTER 10 - Getting Away with Murder: The Murders of Newbold and Harris 1779""""CHAPTER 11 - The Kenilworth Road Murder 1818""; ""CHAPTER 12 - The Sensational Golsby Murder 1844""; ""CHAPTER 13 - Singular Suicides""; ""CHAPTER 14 - Murder at the Black Dog 1854""; ""CHAPTER 15 - The Horrific Murder of Mrs Kington 1859""; ""CHAPTER 16 - The Fawson Murder and Suicide 1860""; ""CHAPTER 17 - The Hillfield�s Poisoner 1861""; ""CHAPTER 18 - Child Murder in Whitmore Park 1862""; ""CHAPTER 19 - The Gosford Street Murder 1871""; ""CHAPTER 20 - Salvation and Murder: Kirby House 1887""

""CHAPTER 21 - The Stoke Park Murders 1906""""Selected Sources""; ""Index""

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781783033812

1783033819

OCLC:

854975031