{"product_id":"2026100011178-secondhand-notable-historical-trials-socrates-to-the-gunpowder-plot-galileo-to-admiral-byng-boston-massacre-to-queen-caroline-burke-hare-to-oscar-wilde","title":"Notable Historical Trials: Socrates To The Gunpowder Plot; Galileo To Admiral Byng; Boston Massacre To Queen Caroline; Burke \u0026 Hare To Oscar Wilde","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Slipcase: Worn\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: damaged slipcase, repaired with tape. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew documents illuminate the moral and political character of a civilisation more vividly than the records of its courtrooms, and Notable Historical Trials presents four superbly curated volumes that bring the most consequential legal proceedings in Western history to vivid life. From the hemlock-shadowed verdict against Socrates in ancient Athens and the Inquisition's assault on Galileo's heliocentric truths, to the explosive politics of the Boston Massacre trials and the tragic downfall of Oscar Wilde, this landmark collection chronicles the collision of power, conscience, and justice across more than two millennia. Each volume is organised chronologically, carrying the reader from antiquity through the Victorian era in a seamless, gripping narrative of courtroom drama.\n\nPublished in the distinguished tradition of the Folio Society, the set is as much a work of scholarship as it is of fine bookmaking, uniting meticulous editorial commentary with the primary sources — witness testimonies, counsels' arguments, and judicial pronouncements — that shaped nations and altered the course of ideas. The trials gathered here are not mere curiosities; they are the fault lines of history, moments where the law was weaponised, reinvented, or heroically upheld. Whether it is Admiral Byng sacrificed to restore naval honour or Burke and Hare confronting a legal system wholly unprepared for their crimes, every case forces a reckoning with questions of guilt, authority, and justice that remain urgently unresolved today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50572305858779,"sku":"2026100011178-SECONDHAND","price":100.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0be81016-a598-4dd7-a4cc-6008deb8cbbe.png?v=1791166284","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100011178-secondhand-notable-historical-trials-socrates-to-the-gunpowder-plot-galileo-to-admiral-byng-boston-massacre-to-queen-caroline-burke-hare-to-oscar-wilde","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}