Madeleine Smith on Trial: A Glasgow Murder and the Young Woman Too Respectable to Convict

by Brian Jenkins

 In 1855, Glasgow socialite Madeleine Smith began a flirtation with Pierre L'Angelier, a handsome clerk--for her a mere diversion. But L'Angelier sought social mobility. Their class disparity gave her control of the intrigue but when the relationship turned sexual, the power imbalance shifted.

The Scots recognized irregular unions in certain cases. L'Angelier considered Smith his wife, a part she at first discreetly played. When he...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476678405
• ISBN13: 9781476678405
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher