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Hate mail & mutilated horses: Conan Doyle investigates
Hate mail & mutilated horses: Conan Doyle investigates
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Mar 22, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Shrabani Basu, author of The Mystery of the Parsee Lawyer, shares the surprising story of George Edalji, who was wrongly accused of fatally maiming cattle in 1903. She reveals how this miscarriage of justice exposed the simmering racial tensions of Edwardian England and captured the imagination of Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Released:
Mar 22, 2021
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