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Ring of Death
eBook - Famous Kerry Murders
ISBN/EAN: 9781780577081
Umbreit-Nr.: 6328146
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 272 S., 1.47 MB
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 04.07.2013
Auflage: 1/2013
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p>To all appearances, Kerry is an idyllic tourist destination. Yet scratch beneath its scenic surface and the sordid secrets of the county known as 'the Kingdom flow free like blood . . .</p><p>Some of the most notorious murders in the history of Ireland have taken place in Kerry, including a two-day orgy of slaughter perpetrated by state forces during the Civil War. Another is the case of two farmers fighting over a patch of land not big enough to accommodate a picnic blanket, resulting in a killing that inspired the play and film<i>The Field</i>. The countys most infamous case was the discovery of a baby stabbed to death on a beach, with another infants body found during the subsequent investigation. To this day, the identities of the children, their mothers and the murderer remain a mystery, but the case led to the government setting up a tribunal to investigate the Gardaí and how they had handled the inquiry.</p><p>In<i>Ring of Death</i>, true-crime writer Anthony Galvin explores the bloody history of Kerry and the many fascinating murder cases that have occurred in the county over the past century.</p>
- Kurztext
- To all appearances, Kerry is an idyllic tourist destination. Yet scratch beneath its scenic surface and the sordid secrets of the county known as 'the Kingdom flow free like blood . . .Some of the most notorious murders in the history of Ireland have taken place in Kerry, including a two-day orgy of slaughter perpetrated by state forces during the Civil War. Another is the case of two farmers fighting over a patch of land not big enough to accommodate a picnic blanket, resulting in a killing that inspired the play and film The Field. The county s most infamous case was the discovery of a baby stabbed to death on a beach, with another infant s body found during the subsequent investigation. To this day, the identities of the children, their mothers and the murderer remain a mystery, but the case led to the government setting up a tribunal to investigate the Garda and how they had handled the inquiry.In Ring of Death, true-crime writer Anthony Galvin explores the bloody history of Kerry and the many fascinating murder cases that have occurred in the county over the past century.
- Autorenportrait
- Anthony Galvin is the author of several true-crime books, including<i>The Cruellest Cut</i>,<i>Inside Man</i>(with Philip Bray) and<i>Blood on the Streets</i>. A former journalist, he lives in County Cork and has two children.
- Schlagzeile
- The sinister underbelly of a beautiful corner of rural Ireland, County Kerry, is exposed