Richard Burgess: a true story of crime by Cyprian Bridge Brereton
Scope and Contents
Author's second copy typescript with autographed corrections of Richard Burgess: a true story of crime by Cyprian Bridge Brereton. The typescript is a retelling of Burgess's death-row autobiography, written in 1866 while awaiting execution for his part in the Maungatapu murders.
Dates
- Creation: 1952
Creator
- Burgess, Richard (Person)
- Brereton, Cyprian Bridge (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Publication of the original autobiography was banned for fear of undermining public morality, and it was not fully published until 1983. Brereton has used Burgess's narrative, then existing only in a scarcely legible manuscript copy, but has not directly quoted it at length. Although considered by the Pegasus Press, this biography of one of New Zealand and Australia's most notorious criminals was never published.
Extent
1 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Shelf TU H 2f, Tūranga, Tuakiri floor, ANZC Archives
- Title
- Richard Burgess: a true story of crime by Cyprian Bridge Brereton
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Christchurch City Libraries Archives Collection Repository
Tūranga
60 Cathedral Square
Central City
Christchurch Canterbury 8011 New Zealand
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