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Mary Ann Cotton - Dark Angel: Britain´s First Female Serial Killer
Martin Connolly
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Description for Mary Ann Cotton - Dark Angel: Britain´s First Female Serial Killer
Paperback. Full background to the life of the alleged serial killer, Mary Ann Cotton Num Pages: 32 images and maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYD; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
A female thief, with four husbands, a lover and, reportedly, over twelve children, is arrested and tried for the murder of her step-son in 1872, turning the small village of West Auckland in County Durham upside down. Other bodies are exhumed and when they are found to contain arsenic, she is suspected of their murder as well. The perpetrator, Mary Ann Cotton, was tried and found guilty and later hanged on 24 March 1873 in Durham Goal. It is claimed she murdered over twenty people and was the first female serial killer in England. With location photographs and a blow ... Read more
A female thief, with four husbands, a lover and, reportedly, over twelve children, is arrested and tried for the murder of her step-son in 1872, turning the small village of West Auckland in County Durham upside down. Other bodies are exhumed and when they are found to contain arsenic, she is suspected of their murder as well. The perpetrator, Mary Ann Cotton, was tried and found guilty and later hanged on 24 March 1873 in Durham Goal. It is claimed she murdered over twenty people and was the first female serial killer in England. With location photographs and a blow ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473876200
SKU
V9781473876200
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-4
About Martin Connolly
Martin Connolly has a wide and varied background in Holocaust studies, Religion, Psychology and History, publishing books and articles in these fields. He has cooperated with the BBC in a short video documentary and taken part in many radio shows on his football book, 'The Miners' Triumph'. His book 'Mary Ann Cotton - Dark Angel', received excellent reviews and was ... Read more
Reviews for Mary Ann Cotton - Dark Angel: Britain´s First Female Serial Killer
For true crime historians, fans of intriguing crime tales and those interested in how criminal justice operated in the Victorian era, this is a well-presented book on a complex case. Furthermore, it is a book which explores all the evidence available and questions whether or not the conviction and execution of Mary Ann Cotton in 1873 was the correct outcome. ... Read more