Love and Madness: The Murder of Martha Ray, Mistress of the Fourth Earl of SandwichHarper Collins, 2004. dec. 28. - 256 oldal On a spring evening in 1779, as she emerged from London's Covent Garden Theatre, a beautiful young woman was shot in the head at point-blank range by a man in a black suit. The brutal murder was even more shocking because of the victim's identity -- she was Martha Ray, live-in mistress to the Earl of Sandwich and devotee of the arts. The man accused of her murder was none other than James Hackman, a respected Anglican minister and Ray's former lover. The aftermath of the crime created an uproar in London high society, as aristocrats debated Hackman's motives. Had he intended to commit suicide, as he later claimed, but, in a moment of weakness, turned his gun on Ray instead? This riveting tale of a crime of passion re-creates the slaying and the clergyman's trial, which was the unrivaled media sensation of its time. |
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... Galli.8 Soon the two women passed along some of London's liveliest streets—probably Chandos Street and Henrietta Street, possibly New Street or Maiden Lane—the locations of innumerable acts of braggadocio and uncountable numbers of ...
... Galli to find their own way. Fortunately, a young lawyer named John M'Namara, having some little acquaintance with Miss Ray, noted the ladies' distress and took the trouble to help them. He caught their coachman's eye and waited with ...
... Galli , the Italian woman who would accompany her to Covent Garden Theatre on that tragic night in April 1779 . Sandwich had hired Galli , a retired vocalist and former pupil of Handel , to serve as a companion for Martha and to develop ...
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Newgate Prison | 87 |
An Essay Inspired by James Hackmans Journey | 155 |
Letters by Sabrina and Cato | 161 |
Herbert Crofts Love and Madness | 169 |
NOTES | 201 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 219 |
INDEX | 233 |
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