Melancholy Madness: A Coroner's Casebook

By Michelle McGoff-McCann

Bizarre tales of murder and investigation in the drumlins, valleys and towns of Monaghan in the nineteenth century, based upon a casebook just recently discovered that has never been lodged in any archive anywhere. This is NEW information and highlights such cases as: The Illigitimate Half-Sisters Of Oscar Wilde - Emily and Mary Wilde died tragically at Drumaconner House while dancing by the fire - their deaths are kept quiet so as not to shame Sir William Wilde. The Legend Of The Sleepwalking Nun - Sister Mary Keogh is discovered drowned in the Convent lake near the Crannog - to this day, local legend tells the story of her death.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1856354245
• ISBN13: 9781856354240
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Mercier Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"