Burning Poison: The Murder That Rocked Georgian Liverpool - Hardcover

Chandler, Glenn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0953833801 ISBN 13: 9780953833801

Publisher: Lea Valley Press, 2000

Synopsis

The true story of a Scot from Wigtownshire who became a slave trader in Liverpool and was tried for murder. Set in the early years of the 19th century, it is the story of Charles Angus, a man who aspired to be a successful Liverpool merchant. Indeed, he appeared to have everything - a young wife, three healthy children, a plantation in Jamaica and a respectable income. When his wife Maria died of consumption at the age of 21, her half-sister Margaret Burns took over the care of the children in the capacity of governess. But Miss Burns was looking after far more than his domestic concerns. In those days society frowned on a man having a relationship with his deceased wife's sister. When Margaret Burns appeared to become pregnant, tongues started to wag. Then, over three days in March, Miss Burns fell violently ill with vomiting and diarrhoea. On the third day she dies under bizarre circumstances. Half an hour after suddenly feeling better and ordering lunch, she was found dead, crumpled in a corner of the room. The body lay in the house for another three days before any doctor was called.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lea Valley Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0953833801
• ISBN 13: 9780953833801
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 206