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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Fox, Margalit (1961-....)
Titre(s) : Conan Doyle for the defence [Texte imprimé] : a sensational murder, the quest for justice and the world's greatest detective writer / Margalit Fox
Publication : London : Profile books, 2018
Description matérielle : xxvii, 318 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ;
23 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-307) and index
"Just before Christmas 1908, Marion Gilchrist, a wealthy 82-year-old spinster, was
found bludgeoned to death in her Glasgow home. A valuable diamond brooch was missing,
and police soon fastened on a suspect - Oscar Slater, a Jewish immigrant who was rumoured
to have a disreputable character. Slater had an alibi, but was nonetheless convicted
and sentenced to death, later commuted to life imprisonment in the notorious Peterhead
Prison. Seventeen years later, a convict called William Gordon was released from Peterhead.
Concealed in a false tooth was a message, addressed to the only man Slater thought
could help him - Arthur Conan Doyle. Always a champion of the downtrodden, Conan Doyle
turned his formidable talents to freeing Slater, deploying a forensic mind worthy
of Sherlock Holmes. Drawing from original sources including Oscar Slater's prison
letters, this is Margalit Fox's vivid and compelling account of one of the greatest
miscarriages of justice in Scottish history."--Publisher's description
Sujet(s) : Slater, Oscar (1872-1948) -- Procès
Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859-1930) -- Critique et interprétation
Détectives -- Écosse (GB) -- Glasgow (GB)
Enquêtes criminelles -- Écosse (GB) -- Glasgow (GB)
Indice(s) Dewey :
364.152 30904 (23e éd.) = Meurtre - 1900-1999
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1781253560. - ISBN 9781781253564. - ISBN 9781782831105 (erroné) (ePub ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45725282q
Notice n° :
FRBNF45725282
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