Death on Ireland's Eye: The Victorian Murder Trial that Scandalised a NationAuthor :
Paperback
Published : Friday 24 September 2021
You may also like ...
by
Paperback
12 Oct 2018
HISTORY
€16.99
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
24 Sep 2021
HISTORY
€16.99
Not in stock. Special Order Item. If available delivery expected within 10 - 15 working days.
Description
A secret life. A sharply divisive trial that aroused the full force of Victorian moral outrage. Death on Ireland's Eye is a modern analysis of an intriguing real life murder mystery that sheds new light on the events of the time.
One morning in September 1852, a handsome couple stepped onto a hired boat bound for Ireland's Eye, an uninhabited island and popular tourist spot off Howth Harbour. William was an artist of considerable means and his wife, Maria, a keen swimmer. After sunset, when the boatmen returned to collect their customers, Maria was missing. A search was mounted, and she was found dead in a lonely, rocky inlet. The inquest ruled the death a drowning, and Maria Kirwan was laid to rest. Soon after, a startling secret sparked an investigation, Maria's exhumation and William's arrest for her murder. The story caused a sensation: a secret life and a sharply divisive trial that aroused the full force of Victorian moral outrage. A veil of mystery has hung over Maria's death for almost 170 years. Now, this modern analysis casts more doubt over the Crown's version of events than ever before.
Reviews