The Sydney Assassins
by Leicester Cotton
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songhrati Stories of 19th Century true crimes, both of which are not what they seem.
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An investigation of "The Parramatta River Murders", which shocked Sydney in 1872. Cotton (the nom de plume of journalist Stafford Silk) deserves credit for bringing this mystery to life but seems to write as if one is already au fait with the case. I was but many will not be.
He does come up with some interesting theories for the murders, including a possible connection to the Tichbourne Claimant but some of his theories seem very stretched.
As an aside, the author was present at the infamous New Years Eve party where the mysterious Bogle-Chandler deaths occurred.
He does come up with some interesting theories for the murders, including a possible connection to the Tichbourne Claimant but some of his theories seem very stretched.
As an aside, the author was present at the infamous New Years Eve party where the mysterious Bogle-Chandler deaths occurred.
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- Canonical title
- The Sydney Assassins
- Original publication date
- 1964
- People/Characters
- The Tichborne Claimant
- Important places
- Sydney, Australia
- Dedication
- To Frances
- First words
- This is the true story of a unique double murder in which neither the identity of the murderers nor of their victims is known with any certainty. Nor do we know what the motive was.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But the subject is not necessarily closed. It offers as many interpretations as the Tichborne case, of which Douglas Woodruff has written: "I am not without the expectation that I shall hear more."
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