Why did George Hardinge condemn a 17-year-old servant to hang?
human interest
Elizabeth Canning, Princess Caraboo, Maria Glenn: liars and monsters
There are harsh penalties for females who transgress
1802: Maria Davis and Charlotte Bobbett, who dropped a baby on Brandon Hill, Bristol
They may not have intended his death.
Ann Heytrey: hanged at Warwick for murdering her mistress
She could give no explanation for why she did it.
3 books on the Georgian era I loved in 2015
Emma Hamilton, Sex and Dr Polidori
1816: The consequences of an attack on a Jew in Derby
The perpetrators were punished with transportation for life.