The Tichborne Claimant Contributor(s): McWilliam, Rohan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1852854782 ISBN-13: 9781852854782 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $85.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2007 Annotation: The extraordinary case in 1874 of the Tichborne Claimant generated the longest trial, to that point, in British legal history. The case divided the nation along political, religious and social lines, and the campaign for justice for the Claimant proved a focus for political activism between the defeat of the Chartists and rise of the Labour Party. |
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BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
Dewey: 345.420 |
Physical Information: 1.35" H x 6.36" W x 9.34" (1.67 lbs) 384 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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The trial mesmerised the British public and led to furious debate, to the extent that several newspapers were devoted entirely to the case and a Tichbornite candidate won a seat in Parliament. The case divided the nation along political, religious and social lines, and the campaign for justice for the Claimant proved a focus for political activism between the defeat of the Chartists and rise of the Labour Party. |
Contributor Bio(s): McWilliam, Rohan: - Rohan McWilliam is Senior Lecturer in History at Anglia Ruskin University and author of Popular Politics in Nineteenth-Century England and the editor (with Kelly Boyd) of The Victorian Studies Reader (2007). |