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| | Stranger than fiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08) |
 | | For, in March, 1826, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a 30-year-old former diplomat with one elopement already to his name, arranged for 15-year-old Ellen Turner to be spirited away from her boarding school and, within 36 hours of their first meeting, had tricked her into marrying him. |
 | | WHAT makes the Shrigley abduction so fascinating is the lurid way in which it was reported by the newspapers of the day. |
 | | The Shrigley Abduction, by Abby Ashby and Audrey Jones, is published by Sutton. |
| www.manchesteronline.co.uk /entertainment/arts/literature/s/82/82127_stranger_than_fiction.html (1405 words) |
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