| Description |
1 online resource (225 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Author's Note -- Prologue: Death in Berlin -- 1. Ridgway St -- 2. Blackmail -- 3. The Trial -- 4. Mackay -- 5. Motive -- 6. Prison -- 7. Punishment -- 8. London -- 9. Berlin -- 10. Blutmai -- 11. Cresswell -- 12. Nemesis -- 13. Erasure -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Copyright |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
In 1920 New Zealanders were shocked by the news that the brilliant, well-connected mayor of Whanganui had shot a young gay poet, D'Arcy Cresswell, who was blackmailing him. They were then riveted by the trial that followed. Mackay was sentenced to hard labour and later left the country, only to be shot by a police sniper during street unrest in Berlin during the rise of the Nazis. Mackay had married into Whanganui high society, and the story has long been the town's dark secret. The outcome of years of digging by historian Paul Diamond, 'Downfall: The destruction of Charles Mackay' shines a clear light on the vengeful impulses behind the blackmail and Mackay's ruination. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mackay, Charles Evan, 1875-1929.
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Cresswell, Walter D'Arcy, 1896-1960.
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Cresswell, Walter D'Arcy, 1896-1960. |
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Gay men -- New Zealand -- Biography.
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Gay men. |
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New Zealand. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Gay men -- New Zealand -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Homophobia -- History -- 20th century.
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Homophobia. |
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History. |
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Whanganui (N.Z.) -- History -- 20th century.
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Gay men -- Social conditions. |
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New Zealand -- Whanganui. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Gay men. |
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Homophobia. |
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Diamond, Paul Downfall Chicago : Massey University Press,c2022 9781991016188 |
| ISBN |
1991016204 (electronic book) |
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9781991016201 (electronic book) |
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