{"product_id":"the-truth-of-sheemore-paperback","title":"The Truth of Sheemore - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eM. C. Widdowson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCounty Leitrim, 1786.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the slopes of Sheemore Hill, Robert Keon shoots and kills George Nugent Reynolds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory remembers him as a murderer. But was the whole truth ever heard?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReynolds carried a horsewhip, and witnesses said he struck at Robert with it. Yet Robert never gave the jury his own account of what happened on the hill. His counsel argued that the evidence pointed to manslaughter, or even accidental homicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe jury deliberated for just fifteen minutes before returning a verdict of murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Keon went to the gallows, and one version of what happened on Sheemore Hill became history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than two centuries later, Maud inherits a folder of research left by her late father. Among the papers is the story of Robert Keon and, beside a witness deposition, a single handwritten word: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiar?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnable to let the question rest, Maud follows the surviving evidence. Court testimony, newspaper reports, and witness accounts draw her deeper into a family history where reputation, power, and prejudice may have shaped not only what was recorded, but what was forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dead cannot be questioned, and the surviving record does not surrender its secrets easily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happened on Sheemore Hill?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInspired by the real trial of Robert Keon and drawn from surviving eighteenth-century court testimony, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Truth of Sheemore \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eis a dual-timeline historical novel that asks whether the verdict recorded by history also recorded the truth.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 12, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67847116849459,"sku":"9781066834303","price":31.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ni3KPy1UbN9781066834303.webp?v=1793487639","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-truth-of-sheemore-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}