Conan Doyle for the Defence [electronic resource]
Fox, Margalit2019
eAudioBook
Total copies: 1
Just before Christmas 1908, wealthy 82-year-old spinster Marion Gilchrist was found bludgeoned to death in her Glasgow home. A diamond brooch was missing, and police arrested Oscar Slater, a Jewish immigrant and gambler. Despite having an alibi, Slater was convicted and imprisoned in Peterhead Prison. Seventeen years later, convict William Gordon was released from Peterhead. Concealed in a false tooth was a message addressed to Arthur Conan Doyle, who turned his formidable talents to freeing Slater ... Drawing on original sources including Oscar Slater's prison letters, this is a compelling account of one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in Scottish history.
Main title:
Conan Doyle for the Defence [electronic resource] / Margalit Fox ; read by Crawford Logan.
Author:
Fox, Margalit, authorLogan, Crawford, narrator
Imprint:
Leicester : Ulverscroft, 2019.
Collation:
1 online resource.
Notes:
Downloadable audio fileComplete and unabridged.Ulverscroft digital uLIBRARY
Performers:
Read by Crawford Logan.
ISBN:
97817877146491787714640
Dewey class:
364.1523094
Language:
English
Subject:
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 -- Career in criminal investigationSlater, Oscar, 1872-1948 -- Trials, litigation, etcGilchrist, Marion, 1826-1908 -- Death and burialTrials (Murder) -- Scotland -- Glasgow -- HistoryMurder -- Scotland -- Glasgow -- Case studiesJudicial error -- Scotland -- GlasgowForensic sciences -- Scotland -- Glasgow -- HistoryTalking booksTrue crime storieseAudiobooks
BRN:
352588