Archaeologists’ discovery could be remains of Martha Brown,whose public hanging in 1856 was watched by Thomas HardyArchaeologists may bear unearthed the remains of a woman whose execution had a lasting impact on the writer Thomas Hardy, inspiring the fate of one of his most beloved creations – Tess of the d’Urbervilles.
Excavators found the bones at Dorchester prison in Dorset, and where a 16-year-old Hardy watched the public hanging of Martha Brown after she was convicted of murdering her violent husband.
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Source: theguardian.com