Victorian murderesses: A true history of thirteen respectable French and English women accused of unspeakable crimes

by Mary S. Hartman

Book Overview

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 c?l?bre, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805236082
• ISBN13: 9780805236088
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Schocken Books
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Not only a true crime book

I bought this book years ago and still reread it. Ms. Hartman has not only told the fascinating stories of these ladies. She has given us a glimpse into the Victorian world in England and France. Her research into women's roles is amazing. There are details of marriage, daily life, and how women coped with their restrictions. If the Victorian way of life interests you, this will be a book you will enjoy over and over.

An amazing book...

I picked up this book in a used book store because I had heard of one of the "murderesses", a woman called Constance Kent, from a film "Dead of Night." That's why I started the book...Little did I know that the book would be one of the most amazing things I've ever read! Highly detailed, immensely educational, and fascinating to read. Ms Hartman must've used a time machine to travel back to this period of history... I felt like I was there. I felt like I got to know not only the women the book profiles, but also the clothes, the homes, the legal system, the newspapers, everything! Ms Hartman made things that happened long ago seem very current and pertinent to today.To meet these women, some of them horrible, some of them just striving to get by in a very difficult world, was life changing for me. I honestly don't think I've ever read a book that affected me so.Read this book. Read this book! Women will marvel at how far we've come. Men will find it interesting, too, to see how different and difficult life was for both sexes 'back then.'I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Many thanks, Ms Hartman, for your hard work and dedication.