When the Hangman Came to Galway
Download or Read eBook When the Hangman Came to Galway PDF written by Dean Ruxton and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2018-10-19 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Dean Ruxton |
| Publisher | : Gill & Macmillan Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 282 |
| Release | : 2018-10-19 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780717180837 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0717180832 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis When the Hangman Came to Galway by : Dean Ruxton
Book excerpt: Galway, the winter of 1885. The violent murders of John Moylan, killed in a dark boreen, and Alice Burns, shot dead in the dining room of the Royal Hotel, have shaken the county. Now, following painstaking investigations and charged courtroom drama, justice beckons for the guilty parties.James Berry, the notorious executioner who ended the lives of over one hundred criminals in Victorian Britain and Ireland, has come to town. The paths of a secret paramour, a jilted lover and a reluctant hangman are about to cross.When the Hangman Came to Galway is a chilling true story that delivers a meticulously researched, eye-opening portrait of Victorian Ireland and a spine-tingling tale of love, revenge, murder and retribution.
