{"product_id":"stained-man","title":"STAINED MAN","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs8130CDB{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#181B21;font-style:normal;Segoe UI;} .cs47DB3EB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#181B21;font-style:italic;Segoe UI;} .cs3388614{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .csDF76FDB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#181B21;font-style:normal;Segoe UI;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs8130CDB\"\u003eThe extraordinary tale - 'A two-volume mystery!' Mark Twain called it - of the solicitor who incited a campaign to free a man he knew was guilty of attempted murder, who lost his reputation and ability to practise, and who embarked on a decades-long political career to regain it all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSydney, 1895. Richard Meagher is a brilliant criminal defence solicitor with ambitions in politics. Into his life comes George Dean, a handsome, popular ferryman accused of attempting to poison his own wife. The evidence pointing to Dean's guilt is damning but, in Dean's protests of innocence and the clamour of public support, Meagher senses that a great opportunity is at hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNine months later, everything is in ruins. Dean is in gaol, and Meagher has lost everything. Determined to recover his reputation and vindicate his actions, Meagher begins a twenty-five-year quest to rewrite the 'Dean case' and reclaim all he has lost. That quest will put him in the glare of public scrutiny, arouse enemies at every turn, propel him to high political office, and entwine his cause with the making of the Australian nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a work of true crime with a twist, moving from sordid Sydney streets to the corridors of parliament, and spanning the critical years of Australia's history in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs47DB3EB\"\u003eThe Stained Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003e tells the riveting story of Australia's most sensational scandal - and of how an indelible stain was eventually expunged. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books N Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49633327055088,"sku":"9781761381959","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1855\/5830\/files\/9781761381959_1.jpg?v=1777524474","url":"https:\/\/booksngifts.com.au\/products\/stained-man","provider":"Books N Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}