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Scottish Murders

by Martin Baggoley · 2013

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This chilling collection of murderous tales brings together a diverse range of cases spanning three centuries and all of which were committed in Scotland. Featuring fifty-two cases that shocked the country, the early chapters describe crimes which occurred against the turbulent political backdrop of the eighteenth century, including the infamous lynching of Captain John Porteous in Edinburgh in 1736 and teh assassination of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenure in the sprint of 1752. Also included is the case of an Edinburgh baby famer hanged in 1889; the brutal murder of a wealthy spinster in Gl.

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Themes
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Setting
ScotlandScotlandMore like thisLess of this
Subject
social sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 387 pages

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