LEADER 02962oam 2200709I 450 001 9910828198303321 005 20230803220007.0 010 $a1-317-86755-6 010 $a1-315-83533-9 010 $a1-317-86756-4 010 $a1-281-38465-8 010 $a9786611384654 010 $a1-4082-1159-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315835334 035 $a(CKB)1000000000399857 035 $a(EBL)1694343 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000303792 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11211691 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000303792 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10277107 035 $a(PQKB)11791011 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1694343 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4977108 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1694343 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10876492 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL613793 035 $a(OCoLC)880827134 035 $a(OCoLC)897462611 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4977108 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL138465 035 $a(OCoLC)1027179677 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000399857 100 $a20180706e20142005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMurder, magic, madness $ethe Victorian trials of Dove and the Wizard /$fOwen Davies 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (262 p.) 300 $a"First published 2005 by Pearson Education Limited"--T.p. verso. 311 $a1-138-40797-6 311 $a0-582-89413-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Publishers' Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; 1 An inauspicious start in life; 2 A wizard's business; 3 Poisonous relations; 4 Dove in the dock; 5 Mad or bad?; 6 Fate; 7 Hunting Harrison down; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index 330 $aIn 1856 William Dove, a young tenant farmer, was tried and executed for the poisoning of his wife Harriet. The trial might have been a straightforward case of homicide, but because Dove became involved with Henry Harrison, a Leeds wizard, and demonstrated through his actions and words a strong belief in magic and the powers of the devil, considerable effort was made to establish whether these beliefs were symptomatic of insanity. It seems that Dove murdered his wife to hasten a prediction made by Harrison that he would remarry a more attractive and wealthy woman. Dove employed Harrison to p 606 $aMurder$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aWitchcraft$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aMurder$xHistory 615 0$aWitchcraft$xHistory 676 $a364.1523092 676 $a364.1523092 700 $aDavies$b Owen$f1969-,$0800733 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828198303321 996 $aMurder, magic, madness$93953023 997 $aUNINA