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Damn His Blood: Being a True and Detailed History of the Most Barbarous and Inhumane Murder at Oddingley and the Quick and Awful Retribution - Softcover
The brutal murder of the Reverend George Parker in the rural village of Oddingley on Midsummer's Day in 1806 - shot and beaten to death, his body set on fire and left smouldering in his own glebe field - gripped everyone from the Home Secretary in London to newspapermen across the country. It was a strange and stubborn case. The investigation lasted twenty-four years and involved inquests, judges and coroners, each more determined than the last to solve Oddingley's most gruesome crime - or crimes, as it turned out.
With a cast of characters straight out of Hardy, Damn His Blood is a nail-biting true story of brutality, greed and ruthlessness which brings an elusive society vividly back to life.
With a cast of characters straight out of Hardy, Damn His Blood is a nail-biting true story of brutality, greed and ruthlessness which brings an elusive society vividly back to life.
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"Written in the vein of Kate Summerscale's The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher, Moore's story is in many ways more compelling" (Herald)
"Squire Haggard meets Midsomer Murders" (Waterstones.com)
"A nail-biter" (Daily Mail)
"A terrific read. First class research, beautifully written, a true thriller about an extraordinary story" (Edwina Currie)
"The clever thing is how deftly Peter Moore tells his story. At the time, the murders were a sensation so there are plenty of historical documents, but he has arranged the details in a way that shows a very canny eye for story-telling" (Nicholas Lezard Guardian)
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"Squire Haggard meets Midsomer Murders" (Waterstones.com)
"A nail-biter" (Daily Mail)
"A terrific read. First class research, beautifully written, a true thriller about an extraordinary story" (Edwina Currie)
"The clever thing is how deftly Peter Moore tells his story. At the time, the murders were a sensation so there are plenty of historical documents, but he has arranged the details in a way that shows a very canny eye for story-telling" (Nicholas Lezard Guardian)
Pining for the next thing after Kate Summerscale's Suspicions of Mr Whicher and Mrs Robinsons Disgrace? Look no further. Mr Whicher's Victorian inheritor: this is pacy true crime at its very best - a gripping read with a twist in the tale on a story that has never been told before. This is Squire Haggard meets Midsomer Murders.
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0099554674
- ISBN 13 9780099554677
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages384
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