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The Burning of Bridget Cleary: A True Story

Bourke, Angela

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In 1895, Bridget Cleary, a strong-minded and independent young woman, disappeared from her house in rural Tipperary. At first her family claimed she had been taken by fairies-but then her badly burned body was found in a shallow grave. Bridget's husband, father, aunt, and four cousins were arrested and tried for murder, creating one of the first mass media sensations in Ireland and England as people tried to make sense of what had happened. Meanwhile, Tory newspapers in Ireland and Britain seized on the scandal to discredit the cause of Home Rule, playing on lingering fears of a savage Irish peasantry. Combining historical detective work, acute social analysis, and meticulous original scholarship, Angela Bourke investigates Bridget's murder.

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PENGUIN GROUP

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True Crime

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7.6 Inches

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5.0 Inches

Publication Date

2001-07-01

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0.8 Inches

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0141002026

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0.55 Pounds

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9780141002026

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Adults

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