The suicide bride
Bretherton, Tanya2019
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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 husband, Alicks, and his family; and their three orphaned sons, adrift in the world.
Main title:
The suicide bride / Tanya Bretherton.
Author:
Bretherton, Tanya, author
Imprint:
Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2019.
Collation:
311 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"A mystery of tragedy and family secrets in Edwardian Sydney" -- Cover.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780733640988 (paperback)
Dewey class:
364.1523 SLY364.1523
Language:
English
Subject:
Sly, EllieSly, AlicksFamilies -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- 20th century -- BiographyMarried women -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- BiographyMarital violenceSuicide -- Investigation -- New South Wales -- SydneyChildren of murder victims -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- BiographyMurder -- Investigation -- New South Wales -- SydneyMurder victims -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- BiographySydney (N.S.W.) -- History -- 1901-1945True crime stories
Index terms:
Australian
BRN:
39633
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