About this title: In this account of a crime committed in 1779, John Brewer dives into a world not unlike our own, in which the murder of a woman took over the press and inflamed public opinion for weeks on end. The woman was Martha Ray, mistress of the Earl of Sandwich, who was also the First Lord of the Admiralty; she was the victim of an apparent crime of ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780374261030ISBN:0374261032
Description: New in n jacket. New Hardcover with dust jacket, clean, tight, Remainder mark some light cover edge wear. All orders are shipped by kbooks every business day. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Date Published: 2005-01-03
ISBN-13:9780006552000ISBN:0006552005
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780374529772ISBN:0374529779
Description: Fine. Book is Upside down. Paperback, Like New, clean, tight, unmarked, no spine or cover creases, edge wear. All orders are shipped by kbooks every business day. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780006552000ISBN:0006552005
Description: Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780002571340ISBN:000257134X
Description: Very Good. CLOTH HARDBACK, in a lightly rubbed and bumped dust jacket. Clean and tight with minor wear. Over twenty years selling secondhand books. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: HarperPerennial, London, United Kingdom"
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780006552000ISBN:0006552005
Description: Near Fine. 12mo-over 6¾""-7¾"" tall" Examines, evokes and dissects the sensational events of April 1779 when Martha Ray, mistress of the Earl of Sandwich, was shot and killed in Covent Garden by James Hackman. Unread paperback with slightest signs of storage-340 pages including index. Next post dispatch. read more
Description: (London), Harper Collins, (2004). Cloth, fine in d/w, illust., pp. x, 340. ISBN 0 00 257134 X. The strange case of the murder of Martha Ray, mistress of the Earl of Sandwich, in 1779. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London, United Kingdom"
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780002571340ISBN:000257134X
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. A lovely clean, square, tight copy in a fine, unclipped jacket. An account of the violent murder of Martha Ray, the beautiful and accomplished mistress of the Earl of Sandwich who was shot at point blank range by James Hackman one April evening in 1779. read more
Binding: hardback
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS Country = UK
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780002571340ISBN:000257134X
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 234 x 153 mm. (448 pages) on an april evening in 1779, a woman is shot on the steps of covent garden. her murderer is a young soldier and church of england minister; her lover, the earl of sandwich, one of the most powerful politicians of the day. this account of murder, love and intrigue brings georgian london to life. 16pl (hardback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Date Published: 01/03/2004
ISBN-13:9780002571340ISBN:000257134X
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Date Published: 01/03/2004
ISBN-13:9780002571340ISBN:000257134X
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Date Published: 03/01/2005
ISBN-13:9780006552000ISBN:0006552005
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
"Sentimental Murder tells you all you ever wanted to know about how the murder of Martha Ray by James Hackman has been portrayed from the late 18th century until the 21st. It doesn't really say much about what led to the murder however that is not this book's aim. It is an extremely interesting account of how different eras view particular moments in history."
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