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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... earl of Sandwich, she had good reason to worry about her security.1 Many people held the earl personally responsible for the country's difficulties in its lackluster campaign against the rebellious American colonies and for the ...
The Murder of Martha Ray, Mistress of the Fourth Earl of Sandwich Martin Levy. Head Tavern. Immediately adjacent to the theater's entrance, the building was full of playgoers and actors. Now it pre- sented a scene of disorder as patrons ...
The Murder of Martha Ray, Mistress of the Fourth Earl of Sandwich Martin Levy. In the meantime, while arrangements were made to move Miss Ray's corpse into a private room, messengers were dispatched to Sir John Fielding, Westminster's ...
... earl, a few pounds, per- haps, as a testament of his gratitude. Beneath the constables were the watchmen. Fielding also employed a small number of paid detectives who worked full-time. The precursors of Sir Robert Peel's metropolitan ...
The Murder of Martha Ray, Mistress of the Fourth Earl of Sandwich Martin Levy. shipman in the navy ; the schoolboy Basil , a future friend of Wordsworth , a radical lawyer and writer ; the two youngest boys , William and John ; and their ...
Tartalomjegyzék
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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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