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Damn His Blood
Peter Moore
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Description for Damn His Blood
Paperback. The brutal murder of the Reverend George Parker in the rural village of Oddingley on Midsummer's Day in 1806 - shot and beaten to death, his body set on fire and left smouldering in his own glebe field - gripped everyone from the Home Secretary in London to newspapermen across the country. It was a strange and stubborn case. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMT; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 360.
The brutal murder of the Reverend George Parker in the rural village of Oddingley on Midsummer's Day in 1806 - shot and beaten to death, his body set on fire and left smouldering in his own glebe field - gripped everyone from the Home Secretary in London to newspapermen across the country. It was a strange and stubborn case. The investigation lasted twenty-four years and involved inquests, judges and coroners, each more determined than the last to solve Oddingley's most gruesome crime - or crimes, as it turned out.
With a cast of characters straight out of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099554677
SKU
V9780099554677
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About Peter Moore
Peter Moore is a writer, journalist and lecturer. He teaches creative writing at the University of Oxford. His debut, Damn His Blood, reconstructed a rural murder in 1806. His second, The Weather Experiment, a New York Times 'Notable Book of the Year', traced early efforts to forecast the weather. His latest book, Endeavour, was a multiple book of the year ... Read more
Reviews for Damn His Blood
Written in the vein of Kate Summerscale's The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher, Moore's story is in many ways more compelling
Herald
Squire Haggard meets Midsomer Murders
Waterstones.com
A nail-biter
Daily Mail
A terrific read. First class research, beautifully written, a true thriller about an extraordinary story
Edwina Currie The clever thing is ... Read more
Herald
Squire Haggard meets Midsomer Murders
Waterstones.com
A nail-biter
Daily Mail
A terrific read. First class research, beautifully written, a true thriller about an extraordinary story
Edwina Currie The clever thing is ... Read more