The Burning of Bridget Cleary
A True Story
By Angela Bourke
By Angela Bourke
Category: European World History
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Paperback $16.00
Jul 01, 2001 | ISBN 9780141002026
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Praise
“A historically rich and heady tale…fascinating.” —Elle
“Tightly constructed and authentically dramatic…a powerful reconstruction of the crime.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A fascinating, complex study…Bourke uses the horrific murder as a springboard to tell a larger story about sex, religion, and politics.” USA Today
Table Of Contents
Family Tree: Clearys, Bolands, and Kennedys
Chronology: March-July 1895
Maps
1: Laborers, Priests, and Peelers
2: Fairies and Fairy Doctors
3: Reading, Sewing, Hens, and Houses
4: Bridget Cleary Falls Ill
5: “Take It, You Witch!”
6: “Bridgie Is Burned!”
7: “Amongst Hottentots…”: The Inquest and Inquiry
8: A Funeral, Some Photographs, More Fairies
9: Two Courtrooms
10: Trial and Imprisonment
Epilogue: When Does a True Story End?
Acknowledgments and Sources
Notes
Index
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