Shrigley Abduction |
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| Author:
| Jones, Audrey
Ashby, Abby |
| Series title: | Sutton Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7509-3297-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2005 |
| Publisher: | History Press Limited, The
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $26.99 |
Book Description:
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Described in its time as a "tale of anguish, deceit and violation of the domestic hearth" ("The Times"), this is the story of the notorious abduction in 1826 of Ellen Turner, a wealthy 15-year-old heiress, by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a 30-year-old British diplomat.
Described in its time as a "tale of anguish, deceit and violation of the domestic hearth" ("The Times"), this is the story of the notorious abduction in 1826 of Ellen Turner, a wealthy 15-year-old heiress, by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a 30-year-old British diplomat.