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Cricket, murder, and empire collide in a shocking Aussie mystery.

The Night was a Bright Moonlight and I Could See a Man Quite Plain

An Edwardian Cricket Murder

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  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    6 July 2022

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Summary

Gideon Haigh has written numerous acclaimed books on both cricket and true-crime – now he’s unearthed a gripping story that combines the two, in a masterpiece of historical detective work that ties back to the origin of the Ashes …

On the night of 23 September 1910, on a station 500km west of Brisbane, farm hand John Neil was beaten to death with a cricket bat. The prime suspect, George Vernon, was the fresh-faced twenty-four-year-old son of one of England’s most famous amateur cricke…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781761108266
ISBN-10:1761108263
Author:Gideon Haigh
Publisher:Simon & Schuster Australia
Imprint:Scribner Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:6 July 2022
Weight:170g
Dimensions:110mm x 178mm
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The Night was a Bright Moonlight and I Could See a Man Quite Plain by Gideon Haigh - ISBN: 9781761108266
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About The Author

Gideon Haigh

Gideon Haigh has published more than fifty books and contributed to more than a hundred newspapers and magazines in a decades-long journalism career. His cricket books include The Cricket War, The Summer Game, and On Warne. He has written on subjects ranging from abortion, asbestos, and architecture to incest and H.V. Evatt.

The Office: A Hardworking History won the NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction, and Certain Admissions won a Ned Kelly Prize for true crime. Haigh has appeared widely on radio and TV and lives in Melbourne.

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