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The Stained Man: A Crime, a Scandal, and the Making of Australia




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Patrick Mullins | 2026 | ISBN: 1917189737 | English | 512 pages | ePUB | 6 MB


The 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.


Sydney, 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.