An Authentic History of Maria Marten; or The Red Barn! is an account of the tragic real-life murder of Maria Marten, by her lover William Corder, in a Suffolk village one afternoon in May 1827. This transcription from an original anonymous Victorian book, includes the discovery of the body through dreams, the inquest, apprehension and trial of Corder and his final conviction, execution and dissection. Also included are copies of the 53 letters written in reply to Corder's advertisement for a wife, originally published by Foster of Leadenhall Street, and Charles Dickens' 1867 account of the murder, taken from his All the Year Round publication as ' Old Stories Retold '. The editor presents an interesting evolution of the Maria Marten story, from its beginnings in early newspaper accounts, broadsheets, and sensational publications, through to the ballad singers, peepshows, and waxwork exhibitions of travelling fairs and on to the Victorian theatrical plays and melodramas, concluding with the reworked radio plays and cinema of the early twentieth century. ' Corder's Web ' is a unique biographical presentation of many of the characters connected to the life and death of William Corder, and includes the continuing battles by his wife Mary Moore and their son John, after Corder's execution, together with the fascinating detective career of the Bow Street Runner, James Lea, who traced and arrested Corder. The Authentic History of Maria Marten story is the first in a series of republished old books selected because of their unusual and interesting subject matter, that are being recreated by Stone Cross Reprints .