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John Mortimer Presents the Trials of Marshall Hall

by John Mortimer
Michael Butt
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Edward Marshall-Hall, who was born in Brighton in 1858, became perhaps the country's most successful advocate of all time, building his reputation on a phenomenal talent for acquitting defendants in murder trials where a guilty verdict had seemed a foregone conclusion. Given that murder during this period carried a sentence of execution by hanging, he can be said to have saved a considerable number of souls, male and female, from the horrors of the noose.This series features reconstructions of Marshall-Hall's dramatic courtroom displays and his ingenious and persuasive tactics. It also takes us back to the strange and often sinister stories behind the terrible crimes in question. The series is presented by barrister and writer John Mortimer QC (creator of Rumpole at the Bailey), while actor Tom Baker (one of the best of the early Dr Whos) brings to the role of Marshall Hall all the theatricality, humour and mercurial moodiness for which the great advocate was known.
© Fiction Factory; (P) BBC Audiobooks Ltd

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Publisher: BBC Audio Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781408401897
  • File size: 63752 KB
  • Release date: January 7, 2008
  • Duration: 02:12:48

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  • ISBN: 9781408401897
  • File size: 63866 KB
  • Release date: January 7, 2008
  • Duration: 02:12:48
  • Number of parts: 3

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Performing Arts Nonfiction

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Edward Marshall-Hall, who was born in Brighton in 1858, became perhaps the country's most successful advocate of all time, building his reputation on a phenomenal talent for acquitting defendants in murder trials where a guilty verdict had seemed a foregone conclusion. Given that murder during this period carried a sentence of execution by hanging, he can be said to have saved a considerable number of souls, male and female, from the horrors of the noose.This series features reconstructions of Marshall-Hall's dramatic courtroom displays and his ingenious and persuasive tactics. It also takes us back to the strange and often sinister stories behind the terrible crimes in question. The series is presented by barrister and writer John Mortimer QC (creator of Rumpole at the Bailey), while actor Tom Baker (one of the best of the early Dr Whos) brings to the role of Marshall Hall all the theatricality, humour and mercurial moodiness for which the great advocate was known.
© Fiction Factory; (P) BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Expand title description text
Performing Arts Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    BBC Audio
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781408401897
    File size: 63752 KB
    Release date: January 7, 2008
    Duration: 02:12:48

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781408401897
    File size: 63866 KB
    Release date: January 7, 2008
    Duration: 02:12:48
    Number of parts: 3

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  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English