Title: Victorian murderesses
Description: This riveting combination of true crime and social history examines a dozen cases from the 1800s involving thirteen French and English women charged with murder. Each incident was a cause célèbre, and this mixture of scandal and scholarship offers illuminating details of backgrounds, deeds, and trials.
Subjects: Case studies, Female offenders, History, Murder, Women, Women murderers, Murder, great britain, HISTORY / Social History, Murder, france, Great britain, history, victoria, 1837-1901, France, history, 19th century
Places: France, Great Britain
Time periods: 19th century