Great and Horrible News: Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain

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Danielle Harold's mother touches down in Australia as she declares the soap star is 'already a winner in her eyes' I'm A Celebrity bosses 'fear more stars could quit the show' after Grace Dent's departure - as hungry campmates face storms and harsh trials Alan Carr, 47, cosies up to his hairdresser boyfriend Callum Heslop, 27, as they head out to grab a coffee in Santa Monica We see a mother trying to clear her dead daughter’s name while other women faced the accusations – sometimes true and sometimes not – of murdering their own children. These stories are pieced together from original research using coroner’s inquests, court records, parish archives, letters, diaries and the cheap street pamphlets that proliferated to satisfy a voracious public. These intensely personal stories portray the lives of real people as they confronted the extraordinary crises of murder, infanticide, miscarriage and suicide. In thrilling narrative, we follow a fugitive killer through the streets of London, citizen detectives clamouring to help officials close the net. We untangle the mystery of a suspected staged suicide through the newly emerging science of forensic pathology. We see a mother trying to clear her dead daughter’s name while other women faced the accusations – sometimes true and sometimes not – of murdering their own children.

In thrilling narrative, we follow a fugitive killer through the streets of London, citizen detectives clamouring to help officials close the net. We untangle the mystery of a suspected staged suicide through the newly emerging science of forensic pathology. We see a mother trying to clear her dead daughter's name while other women faced the accusations - sometimes true and sometimes not - of murdering their own children. Emma Stone stars with DOLL in surreal Athens photo-shoot by The Favourite director... and quips that she wishes all her films were SILENT Keri Russell goes casual in a sweatshirt and jeans as she appears at a Q&A panel for her Netflix series The Diplomat Cynthia Nixon's hunger strike to try and end Israel-Palestine conflict will only last two or three DAYS, source claims I love reading about true crime, & I love history too, so this book was an absolute got-to-read for me. This is a true crime book with a difference, the crimes are from the 1500 & 1600s in England (roughly from the early reign of Henry VIII to the start of William & Mary's reign). The author does a great job of explaining the English justice system of the time & how things worked, which was very interesting to read, alongside showing societal prejudices. The second case aptly highlights the double standards of the time: young women who were in domestic service were often taken advantage of by the men of the household & then turned outdoors when they became pregnant. They were then reviled by the rest of society including their neighbours for their 'moral failings', whilst guess what happened to the men? That's right, usually absolutely nothing. If the women should miscarry or their baby not survive for long, they then ran the risk of being prosecuted for murder, even if there was little evidence. One wonders just how many lives were needlessly cut short during this time.These stories are pieced together from original research using coroner's inquests, court records, parish archives, letters, diaries and the cheap street pamphlets that proliferated to satisfy a voracious public.

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