{"product_id":"9781922129741","title":"Solomon's Noose : The True Story of Her Majesty's Hangman of Hobart Town","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of a young convict, Solomon Blay, who became Her Majesty's hangman in Van Diemen's Land; the man who personally had to deliver an Empire's judgment on 200 men and women, and endured his own noose of personal demons and demonisation in order to 'survive'; all in the context of the great struggles of good-evil, life-death, hope-despair, which drew the attention of Darwin, Twain, Trollope and Dickens as Van Diemans Land evolved from a Hades of Evil to sow the seeds of nationhood. The book paints a vivid picture of the society and poverty from which Blays character was forged in England and the desperate, brutal nature of being a convict in Van Diemens Land. Solomons Noose is an important book in exposing the dark underbelly in the formation of modern Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melbourne Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48785844764907,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":36.6,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781922129741-1.jpg?v=1781711899","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9781922129741","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}