[imc-scotland-discussion] Conan Doyle and the Parson's Son: The George Edalji Case

[Adam Navin]

This is the only non-fictional account of the George Edalji miscarriage of
justice case and covers the period from 1876 until 1914. This includes the
racist harassment of the Edalji family promoted by the police and local
vested interests over a period of twenty years; the events leading up to
George Edalji's conviction in 1903, engineered by the police and acquiesced
in by the judiciary and the Home Office; and the campaign for George
Edalji's release, which brought support from prominent figures including Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle and an eventual but grudging pardon for George Edalji.
George, the son of Reverend Edalji, a Parsee convert to Christianity and
vicar of a parish in South Staffordshire, was a practicing solicitor in
Birmingham at the time of his arrest. The outcome led to the creation of the
Criminal Court of Appeal. The work, 'Conan Doyle and the Parson's Son: The
George Edalji Case', provides an account of social attitudes, legal
processes, the operating practices of the police, the role of the judiciary
and of government departments during the late Victorian and Edwardian era.
The book would be of interest to students of sociology, social studies,
political science, Victorian and Edwardian history, ethnic studies, police
studies, bureaucracy, law, legal studies, and the life of Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle. An invaluable read for students, for lovers of mystery, and for those
who believe that fact can be stranger than fiction. This new work,
researched and written by Gordon Weaver, was recently published by Vanguard
(Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie) and is available from wholesalers, Amazon Books,
internet, Pegasus publishers. For a synopsis of this work visit
www.theplebeian.net <http://www.theplebeian.net/> . For further information
please contact editor at theplebeian.net

 

 

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