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Serial poisoners, crimes of passion, brutal slayings and infanticide; this new book examines the stories and subsequent trials behind the most infamous cases of British female killers between the early part of the nineteenth century and the 1950s. Among the cases featured here is that of Sarah Dazley, hanged in 1843 for poisoning her second husband; Mary Ann Cotton, who murdered up to twenty-one people, including many members of her own family; Amelia Dyer, the 'baby farmer' who murdered countless numbers of children; Susan Newell, who murdered her newspaper boy; the execution, in 1923 of Edith Thompson for the murder of her husband, a crime she swore she knew nothing about; and Ruth Ellis, who gunned down her boyfriend outside the Magdala Tavern in 1955, the last woman to lawfully hang in Britain. Retired police detective Paul Heslop has carefully and objectively analysed each of these prominent British cases. His narrative includes post-trial material as well as the executions of the offenders. Finally, he offers his 'verdict', taking into account all the circumstances so that there are times when justice itself is put on trial.Product Identifiers
PublisherT.H.E. Hi-Story Press LTD
ISBN-139780750950817
eBay Product ID (ePID)88151749
Product Key Features
Book TitleMurderous Women: from Sarah Dazley to Ruth Ellis
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TopicTrue Crime
GenreBiographies & True Stories
AuthorPaul Heslop
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height230 mm
Item Weight340 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorPaul Heslop