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Polkinghorne : inside the trial of the century / Steve Braunias.
Van Pelt Library HV6535.N46 B73 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Braunias, Steve, author person.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trials (Murder)--New Zealand.
- Trials (Murder).
- Polkinghorne, P--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Polkinghorne, P.
- Hanna, Pauline--Death and burial.
- Hanna, Pauline.
- Genre:
- True crime stories.
- Physical Description:
- 269 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Auckland, New Zealand : Allen & Unwin, 2025.
- Summary:
- "A remarkable account of the trial that gripped the nation by New Zealand's award-winning crime writer. In Polkinghorne, literary journalist Steve Braunias takes readers on an extraordinary and often chilling journey through the most high-profile murder case in modern New Zealand history. With unparalleled access to the key players, Braunias offers readers his unique insight into the investigation, the trial, and the astonishing revelations that kept the New Zealand public utterly transfixed. The death of Pauline Hanna in her home in Remuera, and the arrest of her husband, eye surgeon Dr Philip Polkinghorne, led to an epic trial that played out like a scandalous expose of rich Auckland life. Braunias pieces it all together-and presents it as unforgettable opera - including an extraordinary encounter that will leave readers stunned. Fascinating, engrossing and filled with unforeseen turns, Polkinghorne goes deep inside the courtroom case that shocked a nation and explores the lusts and torments that we try to conceal. This is a must-read for true crime enthusiasts and anyone who has followed the case and wondered about the truth behind the headlines"--Back cover.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The legend of Polkinghorne
- 1. The pale and dwarfish Dr Jekyll
- 2. Malignant sex dwarf
- 3. The midnight clock
- 4. Pauline
- 5. Polkinghorne shops at the sex supermarket
- 6. Madison
- 7. 'I'm worried some things will come out '
- 8. In defence of Polkinghorne
- 9. Philip
- 10. Lunch with Madison
- 11. A night at the Opera
- 12. Afterwards
- 13. At home with Polkinghorne
- Acknowledgements
- About the author.
- ISBN:
- 9781991142405
- 1991142404
- OCLC:
- 1523030269
- Publisher Number:
- 90104359177
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