So Great a Crime by Gooderson, David

So Great a Crime (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781849433976)

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Format: Paperback
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So Great a Crime by Gooderson, David

So Great a Crime

$14.95
So Great a Crime by Gooderson, David

So Great a Crime

$14.95
Format: Paperback
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Well-loved national hero, or predatory paedophile? So Great a Crime tells the true story of "Fighting Mac" - Sir Hector MacDonald - who rose from humble beginnings as a crofter's son through the ranks of the British Army to become a knight of the realm, hero of the Battle of Omdurman and Queen Victoria's favourite general. His active soldiering days over, he was appointed General Officer Commanding in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), but soon finds himself in conflict with the high born elite who run the colony. Allegations of liaisons with young boys surface and MacDonald is forced to return home. Rather than face acourt martial, he shoots himself in a Paris hotel. But was he guilty? Or was he the victim of a plot fabricated by an English Establishment, motivated by jealousy and snobbery, at a Gaelic-speaking upstart who got above himself? A fascinating journey into an unsolved historical mystery...

Author: David Gooderson
ISBN-10: 1849433976
ISBN-13: 9781849433976
Publisher: Oberon Books
Language: English
Published: 08/27/2013
Pages: 84
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.30d
By David Gooderson
By David Gooderson
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Playwright and director David Gooderson is also an actor best known for his television work, which includes Davros in Dr. Who. His writing includes The Killing of Mr. Toad, four plays broadcast on Radio 4, and five plays for children all produced at Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park.

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