Damn His Blood - Being a True Detailed History of Most Barbarous Inhumane Murder at

Informationen zum Autor 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 and a Sunday Times bestseller. He presents a history podcast called Travels Through Time . Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Moore
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2013
• EAN: 9780099554677
• ISBN: 978-0-09-955467-7
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 27 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Worcestershire, TRUE CRIME / Murder / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), c 1800 to c 1900, Social and cultural history, Violence and abuse in society, c 1800 to c 1809