The Shadow of a Crime
The central incident of this novel is that most extraordinary of all punishments known to English criminal law, the peine forte et dure. The story is not, however, in any sense historical. A sketchy background of stirring history is introduced solely in order to heighten the personal danger of a brave man. The interest is domestic, and, perhaps, in some degree psycho-logical. Around a pathetic piece of old jurisprudence I have gathered a mass of Cumbrian folk-lore and folk-talk with which I have been familiar from earliest youth. To smelt and mould the chaotic memories into an organism such as may serve, among other uses, to give a view of Cu…
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Weitere Autoren: 1stworld Library (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4218-2134-4
- EAN: 9781421821344
- Produktnummer: 2530748
- Verlag: 1st World Library - Literary Society
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 476 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D2.7 cm 630 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 630
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