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The Suicide Bride - A mystery of tragedy and family secrets in Edwardian Sydney (Paperback) Loot Price: R435
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The Suicide Bride - A mystery of tragedy and family secrets in Edwardian Sydney (Paperback): Tanya Bretherton

The Suicide Bride - A mystery of tragedy and family secrets in Edwardian Sydney (Paperback)

Tanya Bretherton

Series: The Australian Crime Vault

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Whenever society produces a depraved criminal, we wonder: is it nature or is it nurture? When the charlatan Alicks Sly murdered his wife, Ellie, and killed himself with a cut-throat razor in a house in Sydney's Newtown in early 1904, he set off a chain of events that could answer that question. He also left behind mysteries that might never be solved. Sociologist Dr Tanya Bretherton traces the brutal story of Ellie, one of many suicide brides in turn-of-the-century Sydney; of her husband, Alicks, and his family; and their three orphaned sons, adrift in the world. From the author of the acclaimed THE SUITCASE BABY - shortlisted for the 2018 Ned Kelly Award, Danger Prize and Waverley Library 'Nib' Award - comes another riveting true-crime case from Australia's dark past. THE SUICIDE BRIDE is a masterful exploration of criminality, insanity, violence and bloody family ties in bleak, post-Victorian Sydney.

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Imprint: Hachette Australia
Country of origin: Australia
Series: The Australian Crime Vault
Release date: April 2019
Authors: Tanya Bretherton
Dimensions: 232 x 152 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 978-0-7336-4098-8
Categories: Books > Fiction > True stories > Crime
Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
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LSN: 0-7336-4098-2
Barcode: 9780733640988

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