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Murder on the Verandah: Love and Betrayal in British Malaya (Text Only)
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3627169Murder on the Verandah: Love and Betrayal in British Malaya (Text Only)https://www.gandhi.com.mx/murder-on-the-verandah-love-and-betrayal-in-british-malaya--text-only--9780007525881/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3451485/c0ea0a47-c9e0-4dca-bb38-b2648097b842.jpg?v=638385392923470000158175MXNHarperCollins PublishersInStock/Ebooks/<p>A Malayan White Mischief.</p><p>On Sunday, 23 April 1911, Ethel Proudlock attended Mass at St Marys Church in Kuala Lumpur. She was well-liked at St Marys. She helped with jumble sales and had recently joined the choir. After Mass, the vicars wife invited her to lunch. But Mrs Proudlock declined. She had sewing to do. Then, taking her leave, she drove home and killed her lover.</p><p>In the sensational trial that followed Ethel Proudlock, the Eurasian wife of an Englishman claimed that William Steward, a mine manager, had tried to rape her, but the evidence pointed to a passionate affair, and a murder inspired by jealousy. Found guilty and sentenced to death, she walked free after being pardoned by the Sultan of Selangor, much against the wishes of British officials.</p><p>The event scandalized polite society, and revealed the suffocating nature of expatriate life in Malaya, where the British ruled with an unhealthy blend of suburban aspiration and gross insensitivity to the native population. Petty, hypocritical and terribly unhappy, the British never counted Malaya as home and spent their time wishing they werent there. Cheltenham on the Equator was rocked to its foundations by the dark, sordid nature of the trial.</p><p>In this compelling work of social history Eric Lawlor examines Ethel Proudlocks case for the first time since the trial, and creates a disturbing portrait of this little-known outpost of Empire.</p><p>There are qualities of Somerset Maugham (The Letter was based on the Proudlock trial) and Conrad (Heart of Darkness) in Eric Lawlors book.</p>...3563763Murder on the Verandah: Love and Betrayal in British Malaya (Text Only)158175https://www.gandhi.com.mx/murder-on-the-verandah-love-and-betrayal-in-british-malaya--text-only--9780007525881/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3451485/c0ea0a47-c9e0-4dca-bb38-b2648097b842.jpg?v=638385392923470000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20159780007525881_W3siaWQiOiIwNzdkNGI3NS00NjQ3LTQyYzQtYmZkNi0zYjdmNWUzMmMyMjQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjE3NSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjE3LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE1OCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780007525881_<p>A Malayan White Mischief.</p><p>On Sunday, 23 April 1911, Ethel Proudlock attended Mass at St Marys Church in Kuala Lumpur. She was well-liked at St Marys. She helped with jumble sales and had recently joined the choir. After Mass, the vicars wife invited her to lunch. But Mrs Proudlock declined. She had sewing to do. Then, taking her leave, she drove home and killed her lover.</p><p>In the sensational trial that followed Ethel Proudlock, the Eurasian wife of an Englishman claimed that William Steward, a mine manager, had tried to rape her, but the evidence pointed to a passionate affair, and a murder inspired by jealousy. Found guilty and sentenced to death, she walked free after being pardoned by the Sultan of Selangor, much against the wishes of British officials.</p><p>The event scandalized polite society, and revealed the suffocating nature of expatriate life in Malaya, where the British ruled with an unhealthy blend of suburban aspiration and gross insensitivity to the native population. Petty, hypocritical and terribly unhappy, the British never counted Malaya as home and spent their time wishing they werent there. Cheltenham on the Equator was rocked to its foundations by the dark, sordid nature of the trial.</p><p>In this compelling work of social history Eric Lawlor examines Ethel Proudlocks case for the first time since the trial, and creates a disturbing portrait of this little-known outpost of Empire.</p><p>There are qualities of Somerset Maugham (The Letter was based on the Proudlock trial) and Conrad (Heart of Darkness) in Eric Lawlors book.</p>...9780007525881_HarperCollins Publisherslibro_electonico_34ceba24-8c60-3446-8619-7253e00d7474_9780007525881;9780007525881_9780007525881Eric LawlorInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/harpercollinsuk-epub-abe13441-8591-4227-9ad2-47fc7a5fae29.epub2015-08-27T00:00:00+00:00HarperCollins Publishers