| Bad Companions: Six London Murderesses Who Shocked the World Contributor(s): Clarke, Kate (Author) |
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ISBN: 0752493647 ISBN-13: 9780752493640 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Murder - Serial Killers - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 364.152 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.8" W x 7.7" (0.60 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book features the cases of six London women, each very different in temperament, age, and status, who resorted to murder. Their reasons were varied: in the case of the surly maid Kate Webster, sheer temper seems the likely cause; avarice seemed to spur Catherine Wilson to murder an estimated seven times; desperation to pay for the upkeep of her two-year-old son lay behind Sarah Drake's crime; seductive young cook Eliza Fenning was accused of serving poison with her dumplings; evil mistress Elizabeth Brownrigg whipped her servant to death in a home-built dungeon; and finally, the vicious Catherine Hayes persuaded two lovers--one of whom was her own son--to decapitate her husband in an orgy of violence. This fascinating study explores these cases in depth, and reveals whether these women were tragic, misunderstood, or just plain wicked. |