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They hanged my saintly Billy : the life and death of Dr. William Palmer : Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Graves, Robert, 1895-1985. Publication date. 1980. Topics. Palmer, William, 1824-1856 -- Fiction, Outlaws -- Fiction. Publisher. Chicago, IL : Academy Chicago. Collection.
They Hanged My Saintly Billy. Paperback – 10 Oct. 2019. Robert Graves tells the story of a Victorian doctor accused of murdering 14 people in this work of true crime with a literary bent. As described by Graves, this is 'a novel filled with sex, drink, dope, horse racing, incest [and] suicides.'.
They Hanged My Saintly Billy: The Life and Death of Dr. William Palmer. Robert Graves. 3.60. 86 ratings11 reviews. Robert Graves recounts the life of William Palmer: surgeon, racehorse owner...a confessed forger who got girls into trouble, doped horses, robbed a few people...but was he a prisoner?
About They Hanged My Saintly Billy. A real historical figure, the British surgeon Dr. William Palmer was accused in 1856 of murdering fourteen people by means of poison. The Dr. Kevorkian trial of the 19th century, with a bit of O.J. Simpson mixed in for good measure, the scandal entranced nearly the entire population of the British Isles.
They Hanged My Saintly Billy. by Robert Graves. Introduction by Catherine Pelonero. As described by its author, They Hanged My Saintly Billy is “a novel filled with sex, drink, dope, horse racing, incest, suicides, murders, scandalous legal proceedings, cross examinations, inquests and a good public hanging.”.
Kindle Edition. by Robert Graves (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 3.2 5 ratings. See all formats and editions. Book Description. Editorial Reviews. The author of I, Claudius tells the tale of a notorious nineteenth-century poisoner: “A must for true-crime addicts” (Kirkus Reviews).
Based on the historic trial of a man characterized as a sociopath and a serial killer, Robert Graves tells the story of a man who was deeply flawed but ultimately not beyond redemption. They...
