The Veiled Woman of Achill: Island Outrage & A Playboy Drama
Book Details
Author(s)
Patricia Byrne
Publisher
Collins Pr
ISBN / ASIN
1848891474
ISBN-13
9781848891470
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Sales Rank
#3,770,173
Category
Literary Criticism
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
This is the story of an atrocity on Achill Island in the west of Ireland in 1894. An English landowner, Agnes MacDonnell, was brutally attacked and her home - Valley House - burnt. Agnes survived but was so disfigured she wore a veil in public for the rest of her life. The island's wild man, James Lynchehaun, was convicted of the crime and sentenced to life imprisonment. However, he escaped twice and won a groundbreaking legal case in the United States successfully resisting extradition. The crime, the trial and escapes, and the island tensions are unraveled in this gripping account.
