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The Burning of Bridget Cleary: A True Story Paperback - 2001
by Angela Bourke
When 26-year-old Bridget Cleary disappeared from her cottage in rural Ireland in 1895, the townspeople claimed she was "away with the fairies". But the real Bridget was lying in a shallow grave after being burned to death by her husband and nine of his friends and neighbors. This true story is a fascinating account of a harrowing murder that would become an international scandal. of photos.
Summary
In 1895, Bridget Cleary, a strong-minded and independent young woman, disappeared from her house in rural Tipperary. At first her family claimed she had been taken by fairies-but then her badly burned body was found in a shallow grave. Bridget's husband, father, aunt, and four cousins were arrested and tried for murder, creating one of the first mass media sensations in Ireland and England as people tried to make sense of what had happened. Meanwhile, Tory newspapers in Ireland and Britain seized on the scandal to discredit the cause of Home Rule, playing on lingering fears of a savage Irish peasantry. Combining historical detective work, acute social analysis, and meticulous original scholarship, Angela Bourke investigates Bridget's murder.
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THE WINTER OF 1894/95 was exceptionally hard, with February 1895 the coldest yet recorded in many parts of Ireland and Britain.
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- Title The Burning of Bridget Cleary: A True Story
- Author Angela Bourke
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date July 3, 2001
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780141002026 / 0141002026
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 7.6 x 5 x 0.8 in (19.30 x 12.70 x 2.03 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Cultural Region: Ireland
- Ethnic Orientation: Irish
- Library of Congress subjects Cleary, Bridget, Murder - Ireland - Tipperary (County)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00026891
- Dewey Decimal Code 364.152
Media reviews
"A historically rich and heady tale...fascinating." —Elle
"Tightly constructed and authentically dramatic...a powerful reconstruction of the crime." —The New York Times Book Review
"A fascinating, complex study...Bourke uses the horrific murder as a springboard to tell a larger story about sex, religion, and politics." USA Today
"Tightly constructed and authentically dramatic...a powerful reconstruction of the crime." —The New York Times Book Review
"A fascinating, complex study...Bourke uses the horrific murder as a springboard to tell a larger story about sex, religion, and politics." USA Today
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