Somerset Murders

By John van der Kiste and Nicola Sly

This history brings together numerous murderous tales that shocked not only the county but also made headlines. They include the cases of Elizabeth and Betty Branch, a mother and daughter who beat a young servant girl to death in Hemington in 1740; 13-year-old Betty Trump, whose throat was cut while walking home at Buckland St Mary in 1823; factory worker Joan Turner, battered to death in Chard in 1829; George Watkins, killed in a bare knuckle fight outside the Running Horse pub in Yeovil in 1843; Mary Fisher, stabbed to death by her husband in Weston-super-Mare in 1844; and an elderly landlady, Mrs. Emily Bowers, strangled in her bed in Middlezoy in 1947. This carefully researched, well-illustrated, and enthralling text will appeal to anyone interested in the shady side of Somerset's history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750947950
• ISBN13: 9780750947954
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Sutton
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"