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Damn His Blood

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099554677

  • Length: 384  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 28mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 330g

  • RRP: £10.99

Damn His Blood

  • Being a True and Detailed History of the Most Barbarous and Inhumane Murder at Oddingley and the Quick and Awful Retribution

The brutal murder of the Reverend George Parker in the rural village of Oddingley on Midsummer's Day in 1806 - shot and beaten to death, his body set on fire and left smouldering in his own glebe field - gripped everyone from the Home Secretary in London to newspapermen across the country. It was a strange and stubborn case. The investigation lasted twenty-four years and involved inquests, judges and coroners, each more determined than the last to solve Oddingley's most gruesome crime - or crimes, as it turned out.

With a cast of characters straight out of Hardy, Damn His Blood is a nail-biting true story of brutality, greed and ruthlessness which brings an elusive society vividly back to life.

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099554677

  • Length: 384  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 28mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 330g

  • RRP: £10.99

Reviews

  • Written in the vein of Kate Summerscale's The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher, Moore's story is in many ways more compelling

    Herald

  • Squire Haggard meets Midsomer Murders

    Waterstones.com

  • A nail-biter

    Daily Mail

  • A terrific read. First class research, beautifully written, a true thriller about an extraordinary story

    Edwina Currie

  • The clever thing is how deftly Peter Moore tells his story. At the time, the murders were a sensation so there are plenty of historical documents, but he has arranged the details in a way that shows a very canny eye for story-telling

    Nicholas Lezard, Guardian

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About the Author

Peter Moore

Peter Moore is a writer, journalist and lecturer. He teaches creative writing at the University of Oxford. His debut, Damn His Blood, reconstructed a rural murder in 1806. His second, The Weather Experiment, traced early efforts to forecast the weather. His latest book, Endeavour, was a multiple book of the year and a Sunday Times bestseller. He presents a history podcast called Travels Through Time.

Peter Moore

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