Misjudged Murderesses: Female Injustice in Victorian Britain

Author(s): Jakobi, Stephen

Binding:	Softcover
Volume Condition:	As New
Dust Jacket:	No
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Pen and Sword
Publication Year:	2019
Publication Place:	UK
ISBN:	9781526741622
Book ID:	000977
Catalogue(s):	Crime, True Crime and Conspiracies

240pp. Indexed. 8vo. As new condition throughout. Sparsely illustrated. Stephen Jackobi takes a forensic approach to examining the lives and trials of eight women who were wrongly convicted and sentenced to death in Victorian England - including Marry Ann Cotton, known as the Angel of Death; Christina Edwards, the Chocolate Cream killer; Sarah Chesham, Mary Ball, Priscilla Biggadike, Ann Merritt, Sarah Barbar, and Lizzie Pearson.

Keywords:

murder true crime justice victorian england