Bad Companions: Six London Murderesses Who Shocked the World

Bad Companions: Six London Murderesses Who Shocked the World image
ISBN-10:

0752493647

ISBN-13:

9780752493640

Author(s): Clarke, Kate
Released: Jun 17, 2013
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
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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.

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