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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... had been in the theater for almost five hours. She and her party emerged back into the lobby area just. h. after eleven o'clock. Moving slowly through the crowd, they headed 5. Why. Vainly. Seek. to. Flee? Love. Will. Pursue. You.
... crowd, they headed toward the exit. Once outside and under the piazza, they were overwhelmed by the cries and curses of linkboys, livery servants, and hackney coachmen. Not the least of Martha's problems now was to find her coach amid ...
... crowd around the corpse enticed other onlookers, and several people shouted excitedly when they realized that the victim was the mistress of the first lord of the Admiralty, and that the assassin was a clergy- man. Determined to assess ...
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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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