The Suicide Bride
A mystery of tragedy and family secrets in Edwardian Sydney
$32.13
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
23 April 2019
Summary
Whenever society produces a depraved criminal, we wonder: is it nature or is it nurture?
When the charlatan Alicks Sly murdered his wife, Ellie, and killed himself with a cut-throat razor in a house in Sydney’s Newtown in early 1904, he set off a chain of events that could answer that question. He also left behind mysteries that might never be solved. Sociologist Dr Tanya Bretherton traces the brutal story of Ellie, one of many suicide brides in turn-of-the-century Sydney; of her husb…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733640988 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0733640982 |
| Author: | Tanya Bretherton |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 23 April 2019 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 152mm x 26mm |
| Series: | The Australian Crime Vault |
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About The Author
Tanya Bretherton
Tanya Bretherton has a PhD in sociology with special interests in narrative life history and social history. She has published in the academic and public sphere for twenty years, and worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sydney for fifteen years. Dr Bretherton’s specialty is converting detailed research into thought-provoking works which are accessible to a general readership. Currently she works as a freelance researcher and writer.
Her first book, The Suitcase Baby, was shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Award, the Danger Prize and the Waverley Library ‘Nib’ Award. Her second book The Suicide Bride, was shortlisted for the Danger Prize and in 2020 she won the Danger Prize for The Killing Streets.
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