Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 86 Roughead, William 1870 1952 Trial of Mary Blandy E-text prepared by Beth Trapaga and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Trial of Mary Blandy" by William Roughead is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book focuses on the infamous trial of Mary Blandy, a woman accused of poisoning her father, Francis Blandy, through the use of arsenic-laced love potions and other dubious means. Roughead delves into the complex narrative of accusations, societal expectations, and the darker elements of human relationships, particularly exploring the influence of Captain William Henry Cranstoun, her alleged lover, and accomplice. The opening of the work sets the stage for Mary's story, providing a detailed context of her upbringing and relationship with her father, who was a respectable attorney in Henley-upon-Thames. Following a series of ominous events, including the death of her mother and a tumultuous engagement with Cranstoun, the narrative contrasts the idyllic life Mary once lived with her tragic fall into suspicion and crime. The preface details Roughead's motivations for detailing the trial, emphasizing both the intricacies of the legal proceedings and the societal implications of Mary's actions, positioning her as a controversial figure within a gripping tale of love, betrayal, and the quest for justice. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Blandy, Mary, 1720-1752 -- Trials, litigation, etc. Trials (Murder) -- Great Britain Trials (Poisoning) -- Great Britain KD Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: Law & Criminology 609206 606078 2024-09-06T04:02:33.863821 2023-10-06T06:12:24.150698 text/html text/html 612626 2020-12-15T02:45:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 339408 2020-12-15T02:45:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 410186 2024-09-06T04:02:41.836804 application/epub+zip 418276 2024-09-06T04:02:35.506831 application/epub+zip 270511 2024-09-06T04:02:34.572826 application/epub+zip 633715 2024-09-06T04:02:46.556785 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 614335 2024-09-06T04:02:41.173808 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 470557 2022-08-06T15:19:32.962449 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 575540 575463 2024-09-06T04:02:32.547827 2023-10-06T06:12:22.844709 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 575223 2020-12-15T02:45:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 209579 2020-12-15T02:45:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 575217 2020-12-15T02:45:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 209533 2020-12-15T02:45:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21202 2024-09-06T04:02:46.751745 application/rdf+xml 12655 2024-09-06T04:02:34.929808 image/jpeg 3438 2024-09-06T04:02:34.749823 image/jpeg 6148 2004-06-15T01:34:02 application/octet-stream 388445 2024-09-06T04:02:33.932881 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia