Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk - The History of Maria Monk

Not dated, approx 1910. 32pp. Poor/None. Soft orange pictorial card covers with some rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, a few small tears/creases, tear & tape repair to front, some scuffing/soiling. Contents fair with minor creasing/soiling, some page edges uncut and a little ragged in places, tape repair to one corner. A 'Penny Dreadful' type booklet containing the sensationalist account of the life of the nun Maria Monk (1816-1849). Monk's story was first published in 1836. It is an exposé of the systematic sexual abuse of nuns and infanticide of resulting children by Catholic priests in her convent in Montreal. It is now largely discredited and considered by scholars to be an anti-Catholic hoax. This booklet is dated to around 1910 based on the titles on the back cover - the Johnson v Jeffries fight and the execution of Crippen took place in 1910 and I estimate this booklet dates to shortly after this. Scarce in this version.