Journey to a Hanging 【電子書籍】[ Peter Wells ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Part history, part biography, part social commentary, this fascinating book is about infamous events that shook New Zealand to its core.＜/strong＞ In 1865, Rev Carl Sylvius Volkner was hanged, his head cut off, his eyes eaten and his blood drunk from his church chalice. One name ? Kereopa Te Rau (Kaiwhatu: The Eye-eater) ? became synonymous with the murder. In 1871 he was captured, tried and sentenced to death. But then something remarkable happened. Sister Aubert and William Colenso ー two of the greatest minds in colonial New Zealand ー came to his defence. Regardless, Kereopa Te Rau was hanged in Napier Prison. But even a century and a half later, the events have not been laid to rest. Questions continue to emerge: Was it just? Was it right? Was Kereopa Te Rau even behind the murder? And who was Volkner ? was he a spy or an innocent? In a personal quest, author Peter Wells travels back into an antipodean heart of darkness and illuminates how we try to make sense of the past,．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る