Murders on Maunga-Tapu by Frank Clune

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine. Dust jacket is now enclosed in protective covering. Interior and binding are still excellent.

Full title: Murders on Maunga-Tapu: A History of the Crimes Committed on the Lonely Slopes of Maunga-Tapu ("the Sacred Mountain") in New Zealand in the Year 1866 by Frank Clune

Armed robbery, murder, lies, treachery, confession and a legal tangle that ended in a sensational trial followed by three executions. These are some of the chief ingredients in this grim account of a callous crime committed on the New Zealand goldfields in the 1860s. (book flap)