Alice in Shandehland : scandal and scorn in the Edelson/Horwitz murder case /
By 1931, Ben and Alice Edelson had been married for two decades and had seven children, but for years Alice had been having an affair with the married Jack Horwitz. On the night of 24 November, Ben, Alice, and Jack met at Edelson Jewellers to settle the thing. Words flew, a brawl erupted, and Jack w...
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| Định dạng: | Licensed eBooks |
| Ngôn ngữ: | Tiếng Anh |
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Montreal [Quebec] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
[2015]
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| Loạt: | McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history.
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Mục lục:
- Introduction
- 1 "This terrible drama of humanity": An Affair, a Shooting, a Death, an Arrest
- 2 "A prominent Ottawa jeweller" and "the jeweller's comely young wife": The Rise of the Edelsons
- 3 "Startling evidence ... of a sensational character": The Inquest, and Respectability Challenged
- 4 "Her life was pure impulse without control": Trial by Jewry, Community Anxiety, and the Spurning of Alice
- 5 "In a court of British justice, sympathy has no place": Trial by Jury, Respectability and Honour, and the Acquittal of Ben
- 6 "A sudden silence fell": The Legacy of the Case
- Conclusion.