Outrage: The Edalji Five and the Shadow of Sherlock Holmes - Couverture souple

Oldfield, Roger

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1843866013 ISBN 13 : 9781843866015

Editeur : Vanguard Press, 2010

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A great Midlands mystery: the brutal Great Wyrley animal outrages of 1903. A national sensation: the trial and conviction of George Edalji, son of the local vicar, for one of the attacks. A worldwide cause celebre: Sherlock Holmes seemingly come to life when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle campaigned to prove George innocent.The story has been told many times, notably in Julian Barnes' Booker-nominated Arthur and George (2005). Roger Oldfield however believes that the fame of Conan Doyle's campaign has obscured the fascinating history of the Edalji family as a whole: Shapurji, George's father, a Bombay-born Parsi who served as an Anglican vicar for 42 years; Charlotte, George's mother, descended from generations of English looters and conquerors of South Asia; and the three children, George, Horace and Maud, Anglo-Asians raised in an isolated English mining village.The author has an insider's perspective: he once taught in Great Wyrley and knew descendants of players in the Edalji family drama.

Biographie de l'auteur

Roger Oldfield once taught history at Great Wyrley High School, a few hundred yards from the former Edalji home. His view of the family was later transformed by his experiences working as an Advisory Teacher for Multicultural Education. Academics, journalists, authors and television programme-makers have drawn on his expertise on the Edalji family. He and his German wife have two daughters.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vanguard Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1843866013
• ISBN 13: 9781843866015
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 364
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible