The Poisoner: The Life and Crimes of Victorian England's Most Notorious Doctor - Couverture souple

Bates, Stephen

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ISBN 10 : 1468310143 ISBN 13 : 9781468310146

Editeur : Overlook Books, 2015

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Revue de presse

"Sprightly look at the parochial mid-19th-century England that produced an infamous serial poisoner." —Kirkus Reviews

 "The Poisoner is meticulously researched, cleverly written, and, even better, a wonderfully entertaining read." —Judith Flanders, author of The Invention of Murder: How Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime

“A remarkable achievement . . . Vivid, eloquent, and vital.” —Observer
 
“I could not wait for this book to come out, and it doesn’t disappoint.” —The Times
 
“An essential read.” —Guardian

"A fascinating retelling. Stephen Bates returns to a crime that shocked the VIctorian nation and created the blackest of myths." —Peter Moore, author of Damn His Blood

"One of the most insightful accounts of murder I have ever read." —Rupert Matthews, author of Jack the Ripper's Streets of Terror

 

Présentation de l'éditeur

The greatest villain who ever stood trial at the Old Bailey, as Charles Dickens described him William Palmer was convicted in 1856 of murdering his best friend, but was suspected of poisoning more than a dozen other people, including his wife and children. He was a new kind of murderer respectable, middle class, and consequently more terrifying, Britain s most infamous figure until Jack the Ripper. The Poisoner takes the reader into the very psyche of a killer

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Overlook Books
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1468310143
• ISBN 13: 9781468310146
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352