The Murder of Maria Marten
| Author | : William Corder |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 280 |
| Release | : 1948 |
| ISBN-10 | : UCAL:$B194606 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book The Murder of Maria Marten written by William Corder and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newspaper reports of the murder were "avidly" read by the English. Mr. J. Curtis of the London "Times" traveled to Polstead Heath, the scene of the murder. There he recorded the tangled alibis offered by William Corder, the actions of Maria Marten, the mystic dreams her stepmother offered, relating otherwise unknown details of the murder, the postmortem correspondence between Maria Marten and her father. Mr. Curtis also recorded the details of Corder's execution and the dissection of his body by medical students. Corder's manuscript was bound in skin removed from Corder's body for the purpose. -- revised from jacket flap copy.
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