The Stained Man: A Crime, a Scandal, and the Making of Australia - Couverture souple

Mullins, Patrick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1964992494 ISBN 13 : 9781964992495

Editeur : Scribe Us, 2026

Synopsis

Attempted murder, lies, legal and political backdoor dealings, this work of historical true crime--"A two-volume mystery!" Mark Twain called it--brings to life the riveting story of Australia's most notorious scandal.

Sydney, 1895. Richard Meagher is a brilliant criminal defense solicitor with ambitions in politics. He takes on the case of George Dean, a handsome, popular ferryman accused of attempting to poison his own wife. The evidence pointing to Dean's guilt is damning, but, in Dean's protests of innocence and the clamor of public support, Meagher senses a great opportunity is at hand--until it all blows up in his face.

Determined to recover his reputation and vindicate his actions, Meagher begins a twenty-five-year quest to rewrite the 'Dean case' and reclaim all he has lost. That quest will put him in the glare of public scrutiny, arouse enemies at every turn, propel him to high political office, and entwine his cause with the making of the Australian nation.

In a work of true crime with a twist, moving from sordid Sydney streets to the corridors of parliament, and spanning the critical years of Australia's history in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, The Stained Man tells the riveting story of a sensational scandal--and of how an indelible stain was eventually expunged.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Patrick Mullins is a Canberra-based writer and academic who has a PhD from the University of Canberra. Tiberius with a Telephone, his first book, won the 2020 NSW Premier's Non-Fiction Award and the 2020 National Biography Award. He is also the author of The Trials of Portnoy: How Penguin Brought Down Australia's Censorship System. Patrick lives in Canberra, Australia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scribe Us
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1964992494
• ISBN 13: 9781964992495
• Reliure: Tapa blanda
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible