Ebook: The damnation of John Donellan: a mysterious case of death & scandal in Georgian England
Author: Cooke Elizabeth
- Tags: Nonfiction, History, Crime, True Crime, Literature, 18th Century, Mystery, European Literature, British Literature
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- City: Great Britain
- Language: English
- epub
In August 1780 Sir Theodosius Boughton, a dissolute Old Etonian twenty-year-old and heir to a Warwickshire fortune, died in painful convulsions after taking his medicine. The following year after an inquest and trial which became a cause celebre, his brother-in-law, Captain John 'Diamond' Donellan, Irish soldier of fortune and man about town, was tried for his murder. The trial was a shambles. And was Donellan guilty?
Based on extensive research and the engrossing trial transcripts Elizabeth Cooke's book shows the dark and violent underside of the society of Mansfield Park.
Based on extensive research and the engrossing trial transcripts Elizabeth Cooke's book shows the dark and violent underside of the society of Mansfield Park.
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