The Antelope Shipwreck and the Murder of Martha Reay

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September 10, 2026

What more could a publisher want? A shipwreck in the South China seas and the shocking public murder of a London opera singer and high society mistress. The late 18th C wasn’t short of pamphleteers, printers and publishers ready to make a buck from an excited public. The two events come together in an unusual way in a book from 1788.  You can read about it here.


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