Hilliard, Christopher

The Littlehampton Libels: A Miscarriage of Justice and a Mystery about Words in 1920s England

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ISBN 13:
9780198799658
author:
Hilliard, Christopher
format:
HardBack
publisher:
Oxford University Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2018
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
8.60(w) x 5.60(h) x 0.90(d)
Genre:
History Textbook
Condition:
New
Availability:
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£58.35

Description

The Littlehampton Libels: A Poison-Pen Mystery in 1920s England In the aftermath of the First World War, a bizarre series of poison-pen letters led to a miscarriage of justice in the seaside town of Littlehampton. Four criminal trials ensued before the real culprit was finally punished, challenging the police and prosecuting lawyers as much as any capital crime. The investigation that followed revealed the inventive and surprising ways ordinary people used the English language at a time when universal literacy was still a novelty. The archive produced by the inquiry provides a unique insight into the personal lives of those involved, laying bare their secrets and intimate details of neighbourhood and family life. This book explores the complex web of emotions and motivations that drove the events in Littlehampton, drawing on records from the investigation to uncover the tangled relationships between devotion, resentment, desire, and manipulation in a working-class community.

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