It is 1743, and Great Britain’s coffers are overflowing with the profits of Caribbean sugar. But when a spat between two London schoolboys turns deadly, the simmering contempt between London’s powerful sugar merchants and the Establishment is laid bare. As the ring of Newgate Prison’s execution bell draws menacingly closer, a desperate family seeks salvation from the King.
Author Sarah Staveley evokes an era and its people as she interrogates in forensic detail a sensational criminal case and uncovers its unexpected, heart-wrenching aftermath.
Tabella dei contenuti
Title Page
Copyright
Introduction
Part One
1. Eleven Apostles
2. The Bucket
3. Limbo
4. The Sexton’s Shovel
5. Tara
6. Oyer and Terminer
7. The Mirror
8. Privilege and Statute
9. The Maze
Part Two
1. Beggars and Cowards
2. Assets-in-Perpetuity
3. The Sins of the Fathers
Part Three
1. Sentence and Paragraph
2. Strange
3. German George
4. One Last Time
5. Decanters
6. Leveson-Gower
7. Hoop and Grapes
8. Cholmondeley
9. Ways and Means
Part Four
1. Home
2. The Squire’s Cash
3. Windfall
4. Icy Roads
5. Dues
Part Five
1. Clarke
2. Parasite
3. Furnival’s Inn
4. Heapey
5. Hartwell
6. Fortune’s Fool
7. Succession
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
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