Download or read book The Strange Affair of Madeleine Smith written by Douglas MacGowan and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the true story of Victorian Scotland's trial of the century. It was a case that rocked Victorian society. Emile L'Angelier was a working-class immigrant from the Channel Islands who began a clandestine affair with prominent Glasgow socialite Madeleine Smith. Six weeks after Emile threatened to show Madeleine's father their passionate letters, on 23 March 1857, he was found dead from arsenic poisoning. The evidence against Madeleine seemed overwhelming as she went to trial for murdering her lover. Douglas MacGowan's vivid account reads by turns like a thriller, a love story and a courtroom drama. He quotes extensively from contemporary sources, notably the pathology reports, the trial testimony and the infamous correspondence between Madeleine and Emile, whose explicit content so shocked Victorian sensibilities. Ultimately it is up to the reader to judge Madeleine's guilt or innocence.
Download or read book Trial of Madeleine Smith written by Madeleine Smith and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Madeleine Smith on Trial written by Brian Jenkins and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-07-05 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1855, Glasgow socialite Madeleine Smith began a flirtation with Pierre L'Angelier, a handsome clerk--for her a mere diversion. But L'Angelier sought social mobility. Their class disparity gave her control of the intrigue but when the relationship turned sexual, the power imbalance shifted. The Scots recognized irregular unions in certain cases. L'Angelier considered Smith his wife, a part she at first discreetly played. When he refused to step aside and allow her a more socially acceptable marriage, his removal became necessary. Smith's sensational murder trial captivated both Britain and America. Despite compelling evidence of guilt, various factors led to her acquittal--her class and gender, the peculiarities of Scottish law--and many believed the case went to trial only because the Crown feared blatant confirmation that justice was not blind.
Download or read book The Case of Madeleine Smith written by Rick Geary and published by Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scandalous secret affair in 19th Scotland between an upper class woman and a gentleman of lower standing ends in his murder by poison...
Download or read book Murder in Victorian Scotland written by Douglas MacGowan and published by Greenwood Publishing Group. This book was released on 1999 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examinining the life and 1857 trial of Madeleine Smith accused of poisoning an undesired suitor, this book uses analyses of her correspondence with the victim. Her trial testimony reveals much about Victorian society, Scottish law and the woman.
Download or read book Report of the Trial of Madeleine Smith written by Alexander Forbes Irvine and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Scottish Murder written by Jimmy Powdrell Campbell and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Madeleine Smith's murder trial was made famous by the shocking nature of her letters to the lover she was supposed to have poisoned. She has always been thought guilty of the crime, dispite the lack of enough evidence to convict her, but now, 150 years later, Campbells foresic discoveries turns the case on it's head.
Download or read book Murder and Morality in Victorian Britain written by Eleanor Gordon and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the life of Madeleine Smith, who in 1857 was tried for poisoning her secret lover. As well as charting the course of this illicit relationship and Madeleine’s subsequent trial, the authors draw on a wide range of sources to pursue themes such as the nature of gender relations and the extent of women’s social and commercial activities, and to bring vividly to life the world of the mid-Victorian middle class.The book contains new discoveries about Madeleine’s long and colorful life after the trial which confirm the view that it is only in fiction that the bad end unhappily. The book will be of interest to academic social historians, but the fascination of its subject matter and the way in which much rich material is used to evoke a vivid sense of time and place, will also promote a wider interest among a more general readership.
Download or read book Lives of Scottish Women written by William Knox and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the remarkable stories of ten women whose inspirational lives and struggles exemplify the concerns and problems that other women have faced throughout the last two centuries. Each is the subject of a chapter devoted to her particular story and the times in which she lived. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries witnessed great changes in women's position in Scotland, and yet little is known about the achievements of the Scottish women who were the main agents of these changes. In presenting the life stories of ten women, William Knox provides evidence of the huge contribution made by women to the shaping of modern Scotland. At the same time he shows how the life histories of individuals can reveal previously dark corners of historical understanding and allow a more nuanced picture of Scottish society as a whole. Subjects include Jane Welsh Carlyle, brilliantly gifted, but married to the wayward and demanding Thomas, Sophia Jex-Blake, Scotland's first female doctor, and Mary Slessor,
Download or read book Trial of Miss Madeleine H Smith Before the High Court of Justiciary Edinburgh June 30th to July 9th 1857 written by Madeleine Hamilton Smith and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Full report of the trial of miss Madeleine Smith on the charge of poisoning by arsenic her late lover Emile L Angelier written by Madeleine Hamilton Smith and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lifted Veil written by George Eliot and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lifted Veil by George Eliot is a gothic novella in the vein of other Victorian horror stories like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Bram Stoker's Dracula. In The Lifted Veil, the unreliable narrator, Latimer, believes that he is cursed with an otherworldly ability to see into the future and the thoughts of other people. This leads to tragedy as his obsession with his brother's fiancee. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes
Download or read book Full Report of the extraordinary and interesting trial of Miss Madeleine Smith of Glasgow on the charge of poisoning by arsenic her late lover Emile L Angelier written by and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A complete Report of the Trial of Madeleine Smith for the alleged poisoning of P E L Angelier Revised with an introductory chapter by J Morison With a correct portrait Fourth edition written by Madeleine Hamilton SMITH and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Treasury of Victorian Murder written by Rick Geary and published by NBM. This book was released on 2002 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a collection of comic strip versions of murders in Great Britain during the Victorian era.
Download or read book Lovers Lane written by Rick Geary and published by NBM Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect ingredients for a juicy scandal and fascinating investigation are presented in this masterful graphic novel retelling of an unsolved murder from the 1920s. On the evening of September 14, 1922, Reverend Edward Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills take a stroll in the New Brunswick town park. Shots are heard and two days later their bodies are found lying neatly next to each other, love letters strewn around them, and a scarf obscures the fact that Mrs. Mills’ throat has been slit. The two had been involved in an affair and the press hungrily devours the story. No evidence is sufficient to lead to an indictment, so the mystery intensifies with conjecture: Was this a dual suicide? Was this perpetrated by a jealous rival? Four years later the case reopens due to new evidence indicting the reverend’s wife, but she is an upstanding member of the community who vehemently denies that her husband ever had an affair. This is a tragic story told with beguiling relish and expert illustration in a distinctive style fitting of the era.
Download or read book David Lean written by Kevin Brownlow and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1996-08-15 with total page 835 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Lean was one of a handful of movie-makers of international renown and, arguably, the most famous and successful of all British film directors. Emerging from a childhood of nearly Dickensian darkness, Lean found success as the director of the such classic films as The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, and Doctor Zhivago.Learn about the making of movies a s realized by a master, but also of the highly personal costs of genius. in color.
