The Tichborne claimant : a Victorian sensation
McWilliam, Rohan2007
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The extraordinary case of the Tichborne Claimant generated the longest trial, to that point, in British legal history. Was the stout man claiming to be the vanished Sir Roger Tichborne really who he said he was, or was he Arthur Orton, a butcher from Wagga Wagga in Australia? Victorian society was mesmerised.
Main title:
The Tichborne claimant : a Victorian sensation / Rohan McWilliam.
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Imprint:
London : Hambledon Continuum, 2007.
Collation:
xii, 363 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-348) and index.
ISBN:
9781852854782 (hbk)
Dewey class:
HB/TICB/TIC
Local class:
B/TIC
Language:
English
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BRN:
741829
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