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The Damnation of John Donellan: A Mysterious Case of Death and Scandal in Georgian England (2011)

par Elizabeth Cooke

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In August 1780 Sir Theodosius Boughton, a dissolute Old Etonian twenty-year-old and heir to a Warwickshire fortune, died in painful convulsions after taking his medicine. The following year after an inquest and trial which became a cause celebre, his brother-in-law, Captain John 'Diamond' Donellan, Irish soldier of fortune and man about town, was hanged for his murder. The trial was a shambles. And was Donellan guilty? Based on extensive research and the engrossing trial transcripts, Elizabeth Cooke's book shows the dark and violent underside of the society of Mansfield Park.… (plus d'informations)

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A somewhat convoluted, but still very interesting examination of the death of Sir Theodosius Boughton, for which his brother-in-law John Donellan was tried and convicted. Cooke runs through the circumstances of Boughton's death, the complicated questions of who would benefit from his death, and offers a thorough rundown of Donellan's trial.

The complex nature of the case creates some issues for the narrative, which bounces back and forth a bit and repeats itself occasionally. But Cooke's done an admirable job of trying to unpack this case for modern readers. (

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Cooke . . . marshals the story in the brisk style of a whodunit and courtroom drama, with a firm grasp of her primary sources and the wider social history sketched lightly around them. Beyond the details of the death and trial, her main interest is in the dynastic drama of the Boughton family. Larger themes are gestured at in passing. With a gruesome murder mystery at this book's core and titillating glimpses of Georgian high society at its periphery, fans of Kate Summerscale's The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher and Amanda Foreman's Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire will be equally well catered for.

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In August 1780 Sir Theodosius Boughton, a dissolute Old Etonian twenty-year-old and heir to a Warwickshire fortune, died in painful convulsions after taking his medicine. The following year after an inquest and trial which became a cause celebre, his brother-in-law, Captain John 'Diamond' Donellan, Irish soldier of fortune and man about town, was hanged for his murder. The trial was a shambles. And was Donellan guilty? Based on extensive research and the engrossing trial transcripts, Elizabeth Cooke's book shows the dark and violent underside of the society of Mansfield Park.

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