1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990001797630403321

Autore

Aichele, Dietmar

Titolo

Che fiore รจ questo? : guida illustrata a colori / Dietmar Aichele, Marianne Golte Bechtle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Padova : Franco Muzzio Ed., 1996

ISBN

88-7021-758-2

Descrizione fisica

VI, 399 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Collana

Scienze naturali

Altri autori (Persone)

Golte-Bechtle, Marianne

Disciplina

581.46

582.13

Locazione

FAGBC

Collocazione

60 582.1 AICD 1996

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463256803321

Autore

Cossins Anne

Titolo

The baby farmers : a chilling tale of missing babies, shameful secrets and murder in 19th century Australia / / Annie Cossins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney : , : Allen & Unwin, , 2014

ISBN

1-74343-451-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Disciplina

364.15230922

Soggetti

Murderers

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Author's note -- Prologue -- Part I: Who were the Makins? -- 1 The hanging -- 2 Sarah Makin: convict daughter -- 3 John Makin: son of the middle class with a past -- 4 The deadly secret in Sarah Makin's body -- Part II: Digging up the baby farmers' secrets -- 5 The baby trade -- 6 The Macdonaldtown discoveries -- 7 To catch a baby farmer -- 8 The first inquest: two babies called A and B -- 9 Constable James Joyce: Joycean fictions and the art of deceit -- 10 More digging and the strange behaviour of the Makins -- 11 The next five inquests: the Makins' lives stripped bare -- 12 The longest, saddest inquest: clothing and other complications -- 13 The mysterious Mr and Mrs Wilson give evidence -- 14 The obsessions of James Joyce: digging, redigging and more digging -- 15 Mothers, mothers everywhere: the George Street inquests begin -- 16 The day Miss Amber Murray visited the Makins -- Part III: Trials, appeals and various petitions -- 17 The trial of the century: a judge out of his depth -- 18 The first appeal: the Makins' struggle against the hand of fate -- 19 The law passes sentence -- 20 Last stop, London -- 21 Makin's last chance: an 'innocent' man under the thumb of a 'fiendish' woman -- Part IV: Sarah Makin, reformed woman -- 22 From convict daughter to convict -- 23 Was Sarah Makin really an evil, deadly woman? -- 24 The lives that were left -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The most common murder victim in 19th century Australia was a baby, and the most common perpetrator was a woman. Annie Cossins pieces



together the fascinating story of the most infamous legal trial in Australia to reveal an underworld of struggling mothers, unwanted babies, and a society that preferred to turn a blind eye.

3.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN00015401

Autore

De Renzi, Salvatore

Titolo

Napoli nell'anno 1656, ovvero, Documenti della pestilenza che desolo Napoli nell'anno 1656, preceduti dalla storia di quella tremenda sventura / narrata da Salvatore De Renzi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Napoli, : Celi, 1968

Descrizione fisica

XV, 400 p. : 1 ritr. ; 18 cm.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia