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Peter Wells

Journey to a Hanging

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Part history, part biography, part social commentary, this fascinating book is about infamous events that shook New Zealand to its core.In 1865, Rev Carl Sylvius Volkner was hanged, his head cut off, his eyes eaten and his blood drunk from his church chalice. One name - Kereopa Te Rau (Kaiwhatu: The Eye-eater) - became synonymous with the murder. In 1871 he was captured, tried and sentenced to death. But then something remarkable happened. Sister Aubert and William Colenso - two of the greatest minds in colonial New Zealand - came to his defence. Regardless, Kereopa Te Rau was hanged in Napier Prison. But even a century and a half later, the… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-77553-391-7
  • EAN: 9781775533917
  • Produktnummer: 36625472
  • Verlag: Penguin Random House NZ
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
  • Seitenangabe: 416 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Auflage: Main

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