Wainewright the Poisoner : the confession of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright

Author(s)

• Motion, Andrew

Bibliographic Information

Wainewright the Poisoner : the confession of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright

Andrew Motion

University of Chicago Press, 2001, c2000

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-269) and index

"University of Chicago Press paperback edition 2001"--T.p. verso

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is a fictional autobiography of the great swindler, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright. When Thomas died in a penal colony in Tasmania, he left behind fragments of documents and a beguiling legend which is used to create an imagined confession laced with facts.

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Details

• NCID: BA86777922
• ISBN:
  • 0226542440
• LCCN: 2001048009
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chicago
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 276 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR6063.O842
  • DC21 : 823/.914
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Wainewright, Thomas Griffiths, 1794-1847 -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Australia -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Authors -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Art critics -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Prisoners -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Poisoners -- Fiction