On a spring evening in 1779, as she emerged from London's Covent
Garden Theatre, a beautiful young woman was shot in the head at
point-blank range by a man in a black suit. The brutal murder was
even more shocking because of the victim's identity -- she was
Martha Ray, live-in mistress to the Earl of Sandwich and devotee of
the arts. The man accused of her murder was none other than James
Hackman, a respected Anglican minister and Ray's former lover. The
aftermath of the crime created an uproar in London high society, as
aristocrats debated Hackman's motives. Had he intended to commit
suicide, as he later claimed, but, in a moment of weakness, turned
his gun on Ray instead? This riveting tale of a crime of passion
re-creates the slaying and the clergyman's trial, which was the
unrivaled media sensation of its time.
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