by Conan Doyle · Cluster: War and Empire · History · Nationalism and Patriotism
Abstract
A true-crime essay collection examining real Victorian murder trials: the 1828 Market-Drayton case of a rustic gang hired to strangle a witness, and the unresolved 1860 murder of the reclusive landlady Mary Emsley. Doyle weighs the trial evidence and questions the reliability of circumstantial proof and capital verdicts.
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Forms & Genres: Essay, Nonfiction Themes & Concepts: Crime and Punishment, Justice Right and Wrong, Guilt, Deception, Poverty, History Motifs: Blood, Money and Gold, Secrets Historical References: Victorian England Settings: Rural England, London Archetypes: Villain