{"product_id":"the-tichborne-claimant-rohan-mcwilliam-9781350547636","title":"The Tichborne Claimant: A Victorian Sensation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe extraordinary case in 1874 of the Tichborne Claimant generated the longest trial, to that point, in British legal history. Was the stout man claiming to be the vanished Sir Roger Tichborne really who he said he was; or was he Arthur Orton, a butcher from Wagga Wagga in Australia? Was he the public school educated rightful heir to a landed estate or an ill-educated fraud? Why, if he was a fraud, had the dowager Lady Tichborne recognised him? And what was the truth about his tattoo? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe trial mesmerised the British public and led to furious debate, to the extent that several newspapers were devoted entirely to the case and a Tichbornite candidate won a seat in Parliament. The case divided the nation along political, religious and social lines, and the campaign for justice for the Claimant proved a focus for political activism between the defeat of the Chartists and rise of the Labour Party.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rohan McWilliam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350547638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350547636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.80d","brand":"Rohan McWilliam","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46640824189183,"sku":"9781350547636","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_be99334c-84fc-4eb4-bf91-ff79060b497a.jpg?v=1740670608","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tichborne-claimant-rohan-mcwilliam-9781350547636","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}