The Burning of Bridget Cleary: A True Story
by Bourke, Angela
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- ISBN 10
- 0141002026
- ISBN 13
- 9780141002026
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Synopsis
In 1895, Bridget Cleary, a strong-minded and independent young woman, disappeared from her house in rural Tipperary. At first her family claimed she had been taken by fairies-but then her badly burned body was found in a shallow grave. Bridget's husband, father, aunt, and four cousins were arrested and tried for murder, creating one of the first mass media sensations in Ireland and England as people tried to make sense of what had happened. Meanwhile, Tory newspapers in Ireland and Britain seized on the scandal to discredit the cause of Home Rule, playing on lingering fears of a savage Irish peasantry. Combining historical detective work, acute social analysis, and meticulous original scholarship, Angela Bourke investigates Bridget's murder.
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- Bookseller
- ateambooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- mon0000076032
- Title
- The Burning of Bridget Cleary: A True Story
- Author
- Bourke, Angela
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0141002026
- ISBN 13
- 9780141002026
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 7/1/2001 12:00:01 AM
- Size
- 0.9000 in x 7.7000 in x 5.0000 i
- X weight
- 0.5500 lb