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1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 58 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Joan Walker. |
| Summary |
This is the story of the notorious abduction in 1826 of Ellen Turner, a wealthy fifteen-year-old heiress, by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a thirty-year-old British diplomat. The Shrigley Abduction is a compelling narrative, a story of deception and the lure of 'high society', with a strong Byronic character at its heart. Wakefield was sentenced to three years in Newgate, an experience which profoundly affected him. Upon his release he founded the New Zealand Company and became principally responsible for the colonization of that country, where he is now a prominent figure. Ellen, on the other hand, died in childbirth at the age of nineteen. Audrey Jones and Abby Ashby have researched all the extant records and have recreated the scandal and outrage surrounding this audacious and cruel act for the first time. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, 1796-1862.
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Turner, Ellen, 1811-1831 -- Kidnapping, 1826.
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Abduction -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Elopement -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Ashby, Abby.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781528876261 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1528876261 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12404029 |
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