Burned at the Stake is popular PDF and ePub book, written by Summer Strevens in 2017-10-18, it is a fantastic choice for those who relish reading online the True Crime genre. Let's immerse ourselves in this engaging True Crime book by exploring the summary and details provided below. Remember, Burned at the Stake can be Read Online from any device for your convenience.
Burned at the Stake Book PDF Summary
A true story of crime and punishment in eighteenth-century England, and the first trial in recorded history to employ forensic evidence. In 1706, nineteen-year-old Mary Channing was convicted of poisoning her husband and became the last woman to be burned at the stake in Dorset. Despite the likely culpability of her lover, and her impressive attempts to defend herself, the jury took only half an hour to find her guilty, having accepted the groundbreaking toxicological evidence by prosecutors. When the day finally arrived, Mary’s execution was made into something of a county fair, with ten thousand spectators gathering to see the young mother consigned to the flames upon the floor of Dorchester’s ancient Roman amphitheater, Maumbury Rings. More than three hundred years after her barbaric demise, Mary’s fate still holds a macabre fascination, as it did then for author Thomas Hardy, for whom it became an obsession. Hardy recorded the details of Mary’s execution in his notebooks, expressed doubt of her guilt, and used her as the inspiration for his poem, “The Mock Wife”. Yet while Mary Channing has been granted a kind of grim celebrity, as well as an established place in the annals of female murderers, a measure of compelling sympathy for her case is another lasting aspect of her legacy is this “dramatic and fascinating” chronicle of a woman accused (Ripperologist Magazine).
Detail Book of Burned at the Stake PDF
- Author : Summer Strevens
- Release : 18 October 2017
- Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
- ISBN : 9781473898745
- Genre : True Crime
- Total Page : 190 pages
- Language : English
- PDF File Size : 18,6 Mb
If you're still pondering over how to secure a PDF or EPUB version of the book Burned at the Stake by Summer Strevens, don't worry! All you have to do is click the 'Get Book' buttons below to kick off your Download or Read Online journey. Just a friendly reminder: we don't upload or host the files ourselves.
