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Conan Doyle and the Parson's Son: The George Edalji Case (Paperback)

by Gordon Weaver (Author)
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  • Paperback: 371 pages
  • Publisher: Vanguard Press (6 Mar 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1843862417
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843862413
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 407,084 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Using a combination of newspaper cuttings and articles, Public Records information and other documents, this book gives a detailed account of the events leading to the arrest, trial and conviction of George Edalji - a South Staffordshire solicitor sentenced to 7 years penal servitude for maiming a horse in 1903.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The last word on Wyrley atrocities, 24 Mar 2006
By G. Morris "cherrytreebluebell2" (England) - See all my reviews
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As a student of this subject for many years and a resident of the street where many of the historical figures in this tale lived it has always been frustrating that one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British history has not (until now ) recieved the coverage that is necessary in order for society to learn from it's mistakes and move on.
But now we have Gordon Weaver's well thought out, immaculately researched and beautiful account of the story of George Edalji.
This is the story of animal cruelty, police brutality, victimisation, slander, miscreants coming and going in the dead of night, heroism, loyalty and the most famous author of his day;
Conan Doyle and the Parsons Son will serve as both a reference for historians, legal experts and story tellers alike but will grab all who delve into it's pages and hold on until the last pages are read.
This is by far and away the greatest work published yet on the subject and I look forward to this author uncovering more need to tell tales in the future.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Turgid, badly written, 23 Nov 2009
It's a fascinating subject, but somehow the author manages to make the story dull and confusing. The text is scattered with proofreading errors and sheer illteracy, with misplaced commas making sentences hard to read. Almost every foreign-language phrase that the author pretentiously introduces is actually incorrect, e.g. "ex-officio" used to mean "unofficial", "faut pas" (sic) and "eminence gris", to pick out just a few. As the 370 pages wore on, I began to find myself skipping paragraphs. If you enjoyed "Arthur and George", as I did, you will probably not enjoy this book. Sure, A&G is a less scholarly work, but many times more readable. The main new value I got from this book was to learn that Conan Doyle's contribution to the case was by no means that of a real-life Sherlock Holmes. He comes across as arrogant, sloppy in his detective work and probably wrong in his conclusions.
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