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.
| ISBN: | 9780099554677 |
| Publication date: | 6th June 2013 |
| Author: | Peter Moore |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 364 pages |
| Genres: |
True crime: serial killers and murderers Violence and abuse in society Social and cultural history |