The Swamp of Death
A True Tale of Victorian Lies and Murder
Rebecca Gowers(Author)
Hamish Hamilton Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 29. July 2004
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-0-241-14168-7 (ISBN)
Description
Just over one hundred years ago, three young men, all under 25, set out from England for the Canadian backwoods but within days of arriving one was dead and another arrested for murder. The details of the case, and the corrupt trial that followed, captured public attention to a quite incredible extent. The age of mass media was dawning, and newspapers with the submarine telegraph at their disposal turned the story into an international cause celebre. But while everyone had their say, some essential questions remained unanswered: who actually killed Frederick Benwell, and was murder part of the original plan?
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
598 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-14168-7 (9780241141687)
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Person
Rebecca Gowers has previously been engaged in research at Oxford University on the relationships between true crime, Victorian detective literature, police detectives, and nineteenth-century technology. She has contributed to a wide range of newspapers and magazines. This is her first book.