Misjudged murderesses : Female injustice in Victorian Britain
Jakobi, Stephen2019
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Lacing tea with poison and slipping arsenic in to soup, this is what comes to mind we talk of murderesses of the Victorian age. Fuelled by a rumour-driven press and cases of notorious killers like Marry Ann Cotton, the 'Angel of Death', or Christiana Edmunds, the 'Chocolate Cream Killer', death by poisoning was a great anxiety of Victorian Britain. But what about those women who were wrongly convicted? What about the suspects who fell victim of a biased jury and unrelenting press? In 'Misjudged Murderesses', Stephen Jakobi takes a forensic approach to examine the trials of six women falsely sentenced for crimes they didn't commit.
Main title:
Misjudged murderesses : Female injustice in Victorian Britain / Stephen Jakobi
Author:
Jakobi, Stephen, author
Imprint:
Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2019.
Collation:
xvi, 239 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
An investigation into eight cases in Victorian England resulting in sentence of death: the tribulations of Mary Ball, Sarah Chesham, Ann Merritt, Sarah Barber, Priscilla Biggadike, Mary Lefley, Lizzie Pearson and Florence MaybrickIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781526741622 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2518809
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