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The Missing Monument Murders
Judy Stove
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Description for The Missing Monument Murders
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In 1806, Jane Austen's relative, the Reverend Thomas Leigh, inherited huge estates and the mood in the extended Leigh/Austen family was jubilant. But within a few years, bizarre events were being reported: the removal and destruction of monuments in the village church, fraud, and the eviction of villagers who dared talk of events. In later years, it would even be alleged that the family engaged in murder as part of a cover-up. For the first time, this book tells the whole story in which lawyer Charles Griffin, who tried to expose matters, ended up in gaol for his pains. Brilliantly ... Read more
In 1806, Jane Austen's relative, the Reverend Thomas Leigh, inherited huge estates and the mood in the extended Leigh/Austen family was jubilant. But within a few years, bizarre events were being reported: the removal and destruction of monuments in the village church, fraud, and the eviction of villagers who dared talk of events. In later years, it would even be alleged that the family engaged in murder as part of a cover-up. For the first time, this book tells the whole story in which lawyer Charles Griffin, who tried to expose matters, ended up in gaol for his pains. Brilliantly ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Waterside Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
517g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Winchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909976245
SKU
V9781909976245
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Ref
99-2
About Judy Stove
Judy Stove is an academic based at the University of New South Wales, a role she balances with working in school administration. After studying classics at the University of Sydney, she worked for the Australian Commonwealth Departments of Defence and Finance. She is married with two adult sons, and is an active member of the Jane Austen Society of Australia. ... Read more
Reviews for The Missing Monument Murders
'Judy Stove presents the most amazing evidence and invites the reader to be judge and jury'
The Australian; '[ An ] extraordinary tale of fakery, blackmail and murder... this is a story people by some extraordinary characters - from the monstrous matriarch Julia Judith Twistleton Leigh and her son Chandos, a romantic poet and possible double murderer, to Sarah Smallbone, ... Read more
The Australian; '[ An ] extraordinary tale of fakery, blackmail and murder... this is a story people by some extraordinary characters - from the monstrous matriarch Julia Judith Twistleton Leigh and her son Chandos, a romantic poet and possible double murderer, to Sarah Smallbone, ... Read more