| Description |
1 online resource (160 pages). |
| Series |
Sutton true crime history |
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Sutton true crime history.
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| Access |
Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
This history brings together numerous murderous tales that shocked not only the county but also made headlines. They include the cases of Elizabeth and Betty Branch, a mother and daughter who beat a young servant girl to death in Hemington in 1740; 13-year-old Betty Trump, whose throat was cut while walking home at Buckland St Mary in 1823; factory worker Joan Turner, battered to death in Chard in 1829; George Watkins, killed in a bare knuckle fight outside the Running Horse pub in Yeovil in 1843; Mary Fisher, stabbed to death by her husband in Weston-super-Mare in 1844; and an elderly landlady, Mrs. Emily Bowers, strangled in her bed in Middlezoy in 1947. This carefully researched, well-illustrated, and enthralling text will appeal to anyone interested in the shady side of Somerset's history. |
| System Details |
System requirements: Adobe Digital editions. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
TRUE CRIME / Murder / General.
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Murder -- England -- Somerset -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Van der Kiste, John.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sly, Nicola. Somerset murders. Stroud : Sutton, 2008. 9780750947954 (pbk.) : (Uk)014579800 |
| Standard No. |
9780752484310 |
| ISBN |
9780752484310 (e-pub) |
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