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Victorian Suicide: Mad Crimes and Sad Histories
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Victorian Suicide: Mad Crimes and Sad Histories
Contributors:
By (Author) Barbara Gates
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
616.858445
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
210
Dimensions:
Width 178mm, Height 254mm
Weight:
567g
Description
When Viscount Castlereagh, leader of the House of Commons and architect of the Grand Alliance, committed suicide in 1822, the coroner's inquest could consider only two legal verdicts: insanity or self-murder. Public outrage greeted his burial in Westminster Abbey; the tradition lingered that a suicide's burial place be at a crossroads, with a stake
