McNaughten, a novel by Sian Busby

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The winter of 1843 is one of bitter strife for England. The nation is on the brink of ruin and revolution, the government struggling to stand firm against the rising chaos. Out of this apocalyptic landscape emerges a young Scotsman, Daniel McNaughten. He has been on a journey, a descent into his own despair, mirroring the tribulations of society at large. His journey will end in London, with the murder of an apparently innocent man. One freezing day in January, he takes a shot at the Prime Ministers Private Secretary, Edward Drummond, as he makes his way to Downing Street. The incident rocks the nation. Has the assassin perhaps mistaken Mr. Drummond for the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel? And who is he, this McNaughten? A dangerous political radical possibly the agent of an entire network of revolutionaries or a religious fanatic? Is he a lunatic, or rather perhaps a victim of the collective madness that surrounds him? Mesmerising, richly textured, McNaughten takes you to the heart of the Victorian soul. As Daniel McNaughten goes on trial, the dark forces lying beneath the surface of society threaten to break loose and overturn the very order of things. Suddenly, the nations sanity seems to be hanging on the destiny of one hapless individual. Is Daniel McNaughten mad, or bad? Either way, it will lead to the most controversial decision ever reached by an English court.

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