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Murder, Magic, Madness : the Victorian Trials of Dove and the Wizard /
In 1856 William Dove, a young tenant farmer, was tried and executed for the poisoning of his wife Harriet. The trial might have been a straightforward case of homicide, but because Dove became involved with Henry Harrison, a Leeds wizard, and demonstrated through his actions and words a strong belie...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxon, OX :
Routledge,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In 1856 William Dove, a young tenant farmer, was tried and executed for the poisoning of his wife Harriet. The trial might have been a straightforward case of homicide, but because Dove became involved with Henry Harrison, a Leeds wizard, and demonstrated through his actions and words a strong belief in magic and the powers of the devil, considerable effort was made to establish whether these beliefs were symptomatic of insanity. It seems that Dove murdered his wife to hasten a prediction made by Harrison that he would remarry a more attractive and wealthy woman. Dove employed Harrison to p. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (262 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781317867562 1317867564 9781315835334 1315835339 0582894131 9780582894136 1281384658 9781281384652 9786611384654 6611384650 1408211599 9781408211595 |