Project Gutenberg 2016-06-10 Public domain in the USA. 294 Bleackley, Horace 1868 1931 Bleackley, Horace William a11000280 Some Distinguished Victims of the Scaffold Produced by Brian Coe, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Some Distinguished Victims of the Scaffold" by Horace Bleackley is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work explores notorious figures who met their ends on the gallows, particularly throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries, presenting detailed narratives about their crimes and trials. Central to the opening portion is the case of Mary Blandy, whose tragic downfall stems from a toxic love story that leads her to poison her father. The beginning of the book introduces the complex story of Mary Blandy, detailing her family background and the influential dynamics between her, her parents, and her lover, Captain William Cranstoun. As the narrative unfolds, it depicts Mary’s entangled emotions and desires against the societal expectations placed upon her. Following the death of her father due to arsenic poisoning—subtly linked to her lover's manipulative schemes—the story vividly captures her trial, public perception, and the poignant tragedy of her fate as a parricide, ultimately leading to her execution. The opening sets a captivating premise that promises an in-depth exploration of crime and societal attitudes during a turbulent historical period. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Trials -- Great Britain Criminals -- Great Britain Executions and executioners HV Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: History - British Browsing: Law & Criminology 627705 627741 2024-09-21T17:30:05.319069 2023-09-22T13:56:14.718962 text/html text/html 612316 2016-06-10T16:47:30 text/html; charset=utf-8 2186495 2016-06-10T16:47:32 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 2399893 2024-09-21T17:30:16.144045 application/epub+zip 2405992 2024-09-21T17:30:07.435055 application/epub+zip 276869 2024-09-21T17:30:06.356079 application/epub+zip 2579944 2024-09-21T17:30:22.414988 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2530685 2024-09-21T17:30:14.987023 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404342 2022-09-23T20:42:01.432174 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 519689 519468 2024-09-21T17:30:03.602133 2023-09-22T13:56:13.022958 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 519963 2016-06-10T16:47:26 text/plain; charset=utf-8 205393 2016-06-10T16:47:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18761 2024-09-21T17:30:22.566977 application/rdf+xml 5684 2024-09-21T17:30:06.508067 image/jpeg 1419 2024-09-21T17:30:06.432082 image/jpeg 2195180 2024-09-21T17:30:05.429083 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